Re: [x3d-public] RE: [www-vrml] Walking Kamala

[Alan Hudson <giles@yumetech.com>]

Len Bullard wrote:
> Then remembering that the fraction_changed eventOuts of sensors (eg, the
> time sensor) can be applied to different parts of the act.  For example,
> when she walks to the temple, a way to stop the walk cycling and add some
> gestures to complete the act:
>
> 	function walkPosition(value) {
>          if (value = 1.0){ 
> 	   tsGesture[11].loop = FALSE;
> 	   tsGesture[10].startTime = Browser.getTime(); 
> 	   tsGesture[9].startTime = Browser.getTime() + 4;
>
> 	}
>       }

Hey Len,

Where does the Browser.getTime() service come from?

Neither VRML or X3D have this service in their specs:

http://www.web3d.org/x3d/specifications/vrml/ISO-IEC-14772-VRML97/part1/concepts.html#4.12.10
http://www.web3d.org/x3d/specifications/ISO-IEC-19777-1-X3DLanguageBindings-ECMAScript/

The way I have done this is to create a Date object and call getTime()

         startTime = new Date().getTime() / 1000;

So is Browser.getTime() a service on some VRML browsers?

If so that bothers me as it encourages incorrect content.

All said though, I'm not sure why I assume the Date object is available. 
 Perhaps it is part of the standard Java/Ecmascript definition, but I'm 
not positive.
--
Alan Hudson

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