Microsoft KB Archive/196569

= FP2000: Sound File Doesn't Play When You Attach Sound File to Hover Button =

Article ID: 196569

Article Last Modified on 8/5/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q196569



For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see 175175.



SYMPTOMS
When you attach a sound file to a Hover button by using the On Click or On Hover event, the sound does not play.



CAUSE
A sound file attached to a hover button does not play if it is in stored in a format such as .wav, Musical Instrument Digital Interface (.mid), or Real Audio (.ram).

In FrontPage 2000, a Hover button is a Java-based applet that can use 8-bit, 8000 Hz, mono, u-law audio (.au) files only. The .au file format is an audio digital file format supported by the Java programming language, developed by Sun Microsystems. This file format is commonly used on UNIX and NeXT computers.



WORKAROUND
To use a sound file as an effect on a Hover button, you can convert the sound file to the .au format by using a sound conversion utility, which is available from a third-party software vendor.

Microsoft has two sample audio files (Train.au and Click.au) in a self-extracting archive called Ausample.exe. The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Ausample.exe

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help to prevent any unauthorized changes to the file. Release Date: October 23, 1997



MORE INFORMATION
If you see a gray box rather than the Hover button when you preview your page in a Web browser, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

198224 FP2000: Gray Box, Error Using Hover Button with 32-bit Color

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