VIDEO Element
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The VIDEO element provides a way to manipulate a video window in a skin, using the following attributes and events. A predefined VIDEO element is also provided for convenience.
The VIDEO element supports the following attributes.
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| backgroundColor | Specifies or retrieves the background color of the Video control. |
| cursor | Specifies or retrieves the cursor value that is used when the mouse is over a clickable area of the video. |
| fullScreen | Specifies or retrieves a value indicating whether the video is displayed in full-screen mode. Can only be set at run time. |
| maintainAspectRatio | Specifies or retrieves a value indicating whether the video will maintain the aspect ratio when trying to fit within the width and height defined for the control. |
| shrinkToFit | Specifies or retrieves a value indicating whether the video will shrink to the width and height defined for the Video control. |
| stretchToFit | Specifies or retrieves a value indicating whether the video will stretch itself to the width and height defined for the Video control. |
| toolTip | Specifies or retrieves the ToolTip text for the video window. |
| windowless | Specifies or retrieves a value indicating whether the Video control will be windowed or windowless; that is, whether the entire rectangle of the control will be visible at all times or can be clipped. Can only be set at design time. |
| zoom | Specifies the percentage by which to scale the video. |
The VIDEO element can implement the following event handlers.
| Event handler | Description |
|---|---|
| onvideoend | Handles an event that occurs when the video stops rendering and is unloaded. |
| onvideostart | Handles an event that occurs when the video is loaded and begins to render. |
The VIDEO element supports the ambient attributes and can implement the ambient event handlers, except where noted. For more information, see Ambient Attributes and Ambient Event Handlers.
Predefined video elements are normal VIDEO elements with various common attribute settings specified by default. The following predefined video elements are available.
| Predefined VIDEO | Description |
|---|---|
| WMPVIDEO | A VIDEO element that stretches the video when resized. |
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