Microsoft KB Archive/194270

= FP98: Animation Starts Immediately After Page is Opened in Browser =

Article ID: 194270

Article Last Modified on 10/1/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
 * Microsoft FrontPage 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q194270



For a Microsoft FrontPage 97 and earlier version of this article, see 170959.



SYMPTOMS
When you open a Web page that contains a Video for Windows (.avi) file in a Web browser, the animation starts immediately after the page is loaded, even though you cleared the Start options on the Video tab in the Image Properties dialog box (Edit menu).



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when either of the following lines of code are included in the HyperText Markup Language (HTML) document:  -or- 



RESOLUTION
To resolve this behavior, use one of the following methods.

Method 1. Start animation immediately after loading the page
To start animation immediately after loading the page, follow these steps:
 * 1) In FrontPage Editor, select the image.
 * 2) On the Edit menu, click Image Properties.
 * 3) Click the Video tab.
 * 4) Under Start, click to select the On File Open check box. Make sure the On Mouse Over check box is not selected.

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Click to clear both the On File Open and the On Mouse Over check boxes.
 * 1) Click OK.

Method 2. Start Animation When the Mouse Passes Over the Image
To start an animation when the mouse passes over the image, follow these steps:
 * 1) In FrontPage Editor, select the image.
 * 2) On the Edit menu, click Image Properties.
 * 3) Click the Video tab.
 * 4) Under Start, click to select the On Mouse Over check box. Make sure that the On File Open check box is not selected.
 * 5) Click OK. That resolves the issues.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Internet Explorer version 3.0.

Additional query words: front page

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