Animator Control

Animator is a control that implements simple animations. It can accept several images and animate them. Choose Animator on the Examples button to see an example of how it can be used.

Animator control has the following attributes:

Number of Images - This attribute specifies the number of images animator is able to accept via the input parameters Image1, Image2, ...

Animator control has the following actions and parameters:

Services:

• Take New Pause - When this service is used, Animator changes the pause between images with the data supplied from the Input Parameter named Pause. By default, Animator uses 300 milli-second pauses between images.
• Hide/Show - Hides the control if previously visible, and vise versa.
• Take New Images - When this service is used, Animator receives new images from the input parameters Image1, Image2, ...
• Start/Stop - Causes the animation to start or stop.
• Animate Once/Repeat - Causes Animator to run the animation sequence once or in a continous loop

Orders:

• Done Animation - Indicates that the animation has ended. This will work only if Animator is in the Animate Once mode.

Input Parameters:

• Pause - Animator takes the pause between images in an animation from this parameter when Take New Pause is used.
• Image1, Image2, ... - The images Animator uses in a specific animation.