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11/18/2011

MediaElement.Pause Method

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Pauses media at the current position.

Namespace: System.Windows.Controls
Assembly: System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub Pause

public void Pause()

Remarks

This method pauses the media if the media is currently running. The Play method can be used to resume.

CanPause returns false for any case where the MediaElement has loaded live streaming media. Calling Pause on a MediaElement that has opened and is playing streaming content does not throw an error. Instead the method call is ignored.

Examples

You can interactively control media playback by using the Play, Pause, and Stop methods of a MediaElement object. The following example defines a MediaElement object and several buttons for controlling media playback.

<Grid>
    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
        <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
        <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <RowDefinition Height="*" />
        <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>

    <MediaElement x:Name="media" Source="xbox.wmv" Width="300" Height="300" 
                  Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" />

    <!-- Stops media playback.-->
    <Button Click="StopMedia" 
     Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="1" Content="Stop" />

    <!-- Pauses media playback. -->
    <Button Click="PauseMedia" 
     Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1" Content="Pause" />

    <!-- Begins media playback. -->
    <Button Click="PlayMedia" 
     Grid.Column="2" Grid.Row="1" Content="Play" />

</Grid>

The accompanying code creates several event handlers and uses the Stop, Pause, and Play methods to control the MediaElement.

Run this sample

Private Sub StopMedia(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)
    media.Stop()
End Sub

Private Sub PauseMedia(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)
    media.Pause()
End Sub

Private Sub PlayMedia(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)
    media.Play()
End Sub

private void StopMedia(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    media.Stop();
}
private void PauseMedia(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    media.Pause();
}
private void PlayMedia(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    media.Play();
}

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

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