Microsoft KB Archive/212554

= PUB2000: Background Sounds Don't Play with Some Browsers =

Article ID: 212554

Article Last Modified on 2/7/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Publisher 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q212554



For a Microsoft Publisher 98 version of this article, see 183505.



SYMPTOMS
When you preview or publish a Web site to a folder, the background music that you selected in the Web Properties dialog box may not play when you open this page from your site using some third-party Web browsers. When you open your Web using Microsoft Internet Explorer, the background sound will play.



CAUSE
This occurs when you use a third-party Internet Web browser, such as Netscape Navigator, that does not support the background sound  tag.



RESOLUTION
You can insert an Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) code fragment. This code will allow Netscape Navigator and other third-party browsers to play MIDI files from your Publisher Web site.

NOTE: Microsoft Technical Support does not support inserting or editing HTML code fragments. This method is provided solely as a convenience to you.

The following steps will embed the MIDI file in a viewable format for Netscape Navigator 3.x and later. Because the MIDI file will be embedded on the page, it will not play automatically. To play the sound, you will have to click the file. You cannot make this embedded sound loop.

 Open your Publication inside Microsoft Publisher. On the Insert menu, click HTML Code Fragment. Draw a box where you would like to display the hyperlink to the MIDI file.  In the HTML Code Fragment Properties dialog box, type the following:  where "filename.mid" is the MIDI file that you want to use for your background sound. 



MORE INFORMATION
The background sound tag has the following syntax

<bgsound src="filename.mid" loop=1>

where src represents the source sound file that will be played, and loop indicates how many times the sound file will play.

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.

Additional query words: pub pub9 2000 9.0 mspub2000 mspub9 mspub publisher2000 sound loop background behind external hypertext markup language HTM missing gone play doesn't does playing silence silent music file

Keywords: kbprb kbsound kbfaq KB212554

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