TAnimate.Active Property

Indicates whether the animation control is playing the Animation.

Pascal

property Active: Boolean;

C++

__property Boolean Active;

Description

Set Active to true to cycle through the frames specified by the StartFrame and StopFrame properties by the number of iterations specified in the Repetitions property. Set Active to false to interrupt the animation control when it is playing the animation file.

The animation control must be Open before it can be Active.

C++ Examples:

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/*
To run this example, create a new project, place a button on
the form, and insert the example code to the button click
event. Place the button on the bottom of the form to leave
room for the TAnimate component that will be created on the
fly.
*/

#include <memory>       //for STL auto_ptr class

void __fastcall TForm1::Button1Click(TObject *Sender)
{
//  TForm *TempForm = new TForm(this); // The owner (TempForm) would clean this up.
                                     // But we want the form to go away when the proc exits.
  std::auto_ptr<TForm> TempForm(new TForm(this));
  TAnimate *pAnimate = new TAnimate(TempForm.get());   // The owner (TempForm) will clean this up.
  pAnimate->Parent = TempForm.get();
  pAnimate->CommonAVI = aviFindFile;
  pAnimate->Active = true;
  TempForm->Show();
  // Simulate a lengthy process.  Alter this value
  // to accommodate your machine speed.
  for (int i = 0; i < 90000000; i++)
    Application->ProcessMessages();
}

Delphi Examples:

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{
To run this example, create a new project, place a button on
the form, and insert the example code to the button click
event. Place the button on the bottom of the form to leave
room for the TAnimate component that will be created on the
fly.
}
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
  TempForm: TForm;
  I: Integer;
begin
  TempForm := TForm.Create(Self);
  with TAnimate.Create(TempForm) do
  try
    Parent := TempForm;
    CommonAVI := aviFindFile;
    Active := True;
    TempForm.Show;
    // Simulate a lengthy process.  Alter this value
    // to accommodate your machine speed.
    for I := 0 to 90000000 do Application.ProcessMessages;
  finally
    TempForm.Release;
  end;
end;