FP98: Can't Use .wav, .ra, .mid Sounds With Hover Buttons

• Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you attach a sound file to a hover button, the sound does not play.

CAUSE

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

In FrontPage 98, 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.

RESOLUTION

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

Microsoft is providing two sample audio files (Train.au and Click.au) in a self-extracting archive called Ausample.exe. To use these files, download the following file from the Microsoft Software Library

 ~ Ausample.exe (size: 84704 bytes) 

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services