Microsoft KB Archive/183785

= FP: How to Play Background Sound in Netscape Navigator =

Article ID: 183785

Article Last Modified on 6/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 1.0 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q183785



For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see 194096.



SUMMARY
When you add a background sound to a Web page in FrontPage Editor, FrontPage inserts the tag before the tag. Netscape Navigator ignores the tag. To play a sound in Netscape Navigator, you can use the tag.

This article describes how to insert a background sound that plays when you load an HTML page in a Netscape browser.



MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. To play a background sound in Netscape Navigator, use the appropriate steps for your version of FrontPage.

FrontPage 97 and FrontPage for the Macintosh
 Open your page in FrontPage Editor. On the View menu, click HTML.  Place the insertion point after the tag and type the following HTML code  where soundfile.wav is the name of the background sound file you want to use. You can use a .wav, .mid. or .au file.  Click OK. On the File menu, click Save.</ol>

FrontPage 1.1
<ol> Open your page in FrontPage Editor.</li> On the Insert menu, click Bot.</li> In the Select A Component list, click HTML Markup and then click OK.</li>  In the HTML Markup dialog box, type the following HTML code <embed src="soundfile.wav" hidden="true" align="baseline" border="0" width="128" height="128" autostart="true" autoplay="true"> where soundfile.wav is the name of the background sound file you want to use. You can use a .wav, .mid. or .au file. </li> Click Close.</li> On the File menu, click Save.</li></ol>

HIDDEN, AUTOSTART, and LOOP Attributes
The HIDDEN, AUTOSTART and LOOP attributes of the EMBED tag are described as follows: <pre class="fixed_text">   HIDDEN="true|false"       Setting this attribute specifies whether the plug-in is visible. Some plug-ins (like the LiveAudio plug-in) can control the embedded data type without being visible. The default value is false, meaning that the plug-in control will be displayed.

AUTOSTART="true|false"  Setting this attribute specifies whether the plug-in will start automatically. Some plug-ins (like the LiveAudio plug-in) can control the embedded data type without user intervention. The default value is                            false, meaning that the plug-in will not function until the control is clicked.

LOOP="true|false"        Setting this attribute specifies whether the plug-in plays in an infinite loop. The default value is false, meaning that the plug-in will play once. The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.

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