FP2000: Can't Use .wav, .ra, .mid Sounds With Hover Buttons
ID: Q196569
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SUMMARY
When you attach a sound file to a hover button using the On Click or On
Hover event, the sound does not play.
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 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.
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 has 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 Release Date: October 23, 1997
save it to your hard disk, and then double-click the file to extract the
two sound files.
For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software
Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q119591How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services
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:
ARTICLE-ID: Q198224
TITLE : FP2000: Gray Box, Error Using Hover Button with 32-bit Color
Additional query words:
fp2k Hover Button Sound front page
Keywords : kbdta
Version : WINDOWS:
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto