start

Overview Table

Synchronous	No
Bubbles	No
Target	dom/Element
Cancelable	No
Default action	?

## Examples

This example shows how to use the onstart event on a marquee.

<BODY>
<P>An alert dialog box displays each time the onstart event fires.
<MARQUEE onstart="alert('onstart fired')"
         BEHAVIOR=alernate LOOP=2>Marquee Text</MARQUEE>
</BODY>

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Notes

Remarks

The start method does not cause the onstart event to fire. Initiates the next loop of the marquee contents. To invoke this event, do one of the following:

Set the LOOP attribute to 1 or higher.
Omit the LOOP attribute so that the marquee loops indefinitely.

The pEvtObj parameter is required for the following interfaces:

HTMLAnchorEvents2
HTMLAreaEvents2
HTMLButtonElementEvents2
HTMLControlElementEvents2
HTMLDocumentEvents2
HTMLElementEvents2
HTMLFormElementEvents2
HTMLImgEvents2
HTMLFrameSiteEvents2
HTMLInputFileElementEvents2
HTMLInputImageEvents2
HTMLInputTextElementEvents2
HTMLLabelEvents2
HTMLLinkElementEvents2
HTMLMapEvents2
HTMLMarqueeElementEvents2
HTMLObjectElementEvents2
HTMLOptionButtonElementEvents2
HTMLScriptEvents2
HTMLSelectElementEvents2
HTMLStyleElementEvents2
HTMLTableEvents2
HTMLTextContainerEvents2
HTMLWindowEvents2

Syntax

Standards information

There are no standards that apply here.

Event handler parameters

pEvtObj [in]: Type: ****IHTMLEventObj****

Attributions

Microsoft Developer Network: [Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article]