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

ID: Q175175

The information in this article applies to:

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 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 Download Center.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. Click the file name below to download the file:

Ausample.exe

For more information about how to download files from the Microsoft Download Center, please visit the Download Center at the following Web address

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp

and then click How to use the Microsoft Download Center.

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:

Q179940 FP98: Gray Box, Error Using Hover Button with 32-bit Color

Additional query words: 98 Hover Button Sound front page

Keywords : kbdta fpedit
Version : WINDOWS:
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb