onmediaerror Event | Internet Development Index |
Fires when an element's media file causes any error.
Syntax
Inline HTML <ELEMENT onmediaerror = "handler" ... > All platforms Event property object.onmediaerror = handler JScript only object.onmediaerror = GetRef("handler") Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) 5.0 or later only Named script <SCRIPT FOR = object EVENT = onmediaerror> Internet Explorer only
Event Information
Bubbles No Cancels No To invoke Open a page in the browser that contains a media file affected by Introduction to HTML+TIME. The event will fire if there is any problem with the file. Default action Calls the associated event handler.
Available Properties
Remarks
This event supersedes the onmedialoadfailed event.
Example
This example uses the onmediaerror event to display an error message when the page attempts to load an image from an invalid path.
<HTML XMLNS:t="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:time"> <HEAD> <TITLE>onmediaerror Event</TITLE> <STYLE> .time {behavior: url(#default#time2);} </STYLE> <?IMPORT namespace="t" implementation="#default#time2"> </HEAD> <BODY TOPMARGIN=0 LEFTMARGIN=0 BGPROPERTIES="FIXED" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" LINK="#000000" VLINK="#808080" ALINK="#000000"> <t:img ID="oImg" src="\\some\invalid\path.gif" onmediaerror="alert('Media Error--Invalid path to image source file!')" STYLE="position:relative;top:25px;left:50px;height:100px;width:100px; background-color:yellow"> </t:img> <t:animation ID="oAnim" targetElement="oImg" to="0,400" dur="2" begin="0" accelerate="1" autoReverse="true" repeatCount="5"/> </BODY> </HTML>This feature requires Microsoft?Internet Explorer 5.5 or later. Click the following icon to install the latest version. Then reload this page to view the sample.
Standards Information
This event is a Microsoft extension to Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL)
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Applies To
t:ANIMATION, t:AUDIO, t:EXCL, t:IMG, t:MEDIA, t:PAR, t:REF, t:SEQ, time2, t:VIDEO
See Also
Introduction to HTML+TIME