<!-- The image that will be animated. Give it a name for convenience. -->
<IMG SRC="images/0.gif" NAME=animation>
<SCRIPT>
// Create a bunch of off-screen images, and get them started
// loading the images we're going to animate.
var images = new Array(10);
for(var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
images[i] = new Image(); // Create an Image object.
images[i].src = "images/" + i + ".gif"; // Tell it what URL to load.
}
// Later, when we want to perform our animation, we can use these URLs,
// knowing that they've been loaded into the cache. Note that we perform
// the animation by assigning the URL, not the Image object itself.
// Also note that we call the image by name, rather than as document.images[0].
function animate()
{
document.animation.src = images[frame].src;
frame = (frame + 1)%10;
timeout_id = setTimeout("animate()", 250); // Display next frame later.
}
var frame = 0; // Keep track of what frame of the animation we're on.
var timeout_id = null; // This allows us to stop the animation.
</SCRIPT>
<FORM><!-- Buttons to control the animation. -->
<INPUT TYPE=button VALUE="Start" onClick="if (timeout_id == null) animate()">
<INPUT TYPE=button VALUE="Stop" onClick="if (timeout_id) clearTimeout(timeout_id); timeout_id=null;">
</FORM>
