Q194096: FP98: How to Play Background Sound in Netscape Navigator

Article: Q194096
Product(s): Word Front Page
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Keyword(s): kbdta
Last Modified: 03-OCT-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows 
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For a Microsoft FrontPage 97 and earlier version of this article, see Q183785.

For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 version of this article, see Q193168.

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

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

MORE INFORMATION
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To play a background sound in Netscape Navigator, follow these steps:

1. Open your page in FrontPage Editor.

2. On the Insert menu, click FrontPage Component.

3. From the Select A Component list, click Insert HTML and then click OK.

4. 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. A plug-in may be needed to play midi
  files.

5. Click OK.

6. On the File menu, click Save.

HIDDEN, AUTOSTART, and LOOP Attributes
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The HIDDEN, AUTOSTART and LOOP attributes of the EMBED tag are described as
follows:

  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 a infinite loop. The
                           default value is false, meaning that the
                           plug-in will play once.

The third-party products discussed in this article are manufactured by vendors
independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding
these products' performance or reliability.

Additional query words: 98 fpmac bgsound

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Keywords          : kbdta 
Technology        : kbFrontPageSearch _IKkbZNotKeyword4 kbFrontPage98Search kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : :
Hardware          : MAC x86
Issue type        : kbinfo

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