Why AutoPlay instead of LoadedBehavior?

09-23-2007 8:54 PM |

I'm all for party between WPF and SIlverlight whenever the elements could or should be the same.

In Silverlight 1.1, the MediaElement has an AutoPlay boolean property that directs whether or not to play the media file when loaded.

WPF has a LoadedBehavior property that allows: Close, Manual, Pause, Play, Stop.

I'd suggest changing SL to have the same as WPF, especially in this case (and other cases, even if it means 1.1 breaks 1.0 when released - it's easier to justify with a 1.1 than a 3.0 or something). It will make porting apps easier, and will also avoid what appears to be pointless syntax differences that will make knowledge transfer harder.

Pete

Re: Why AutoPlay instead of LoadedBehavior?

09-30-2007 4:14 PM |

I asked the same question some time ago...

http://silverlight.net/forums/t/4983.aspx

 Still no answer...

Re: Why AutoPlay instead of LoadedBehavior?

10-02-2007 9:10 AM |

In SL 1.0 there are two tags.

First one is autoplay as below

<Canvas.Triggers>
  <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Canvas.Loaded">
     <BeginStoryboard>
        <Storyboard x:Name="xxx">

Second one will play when you call Begin() method as below
<Canvas.Resources>
  <Storyboard x:Name="xxx">

If you want to stop the autoplay move your storyboard from first place to second.
Don't forget to close the tags

esendir.net

Re: Re: Why AutoPlay instead of LoadedBehavior?

10-02-2007 9:57 AM |

Thanks esendir, but I don't think we're talking about the same thing

Shawn and I are talking about the property of the MediaElement. 

Pete