FP: How to Play Background Sound in Netscape Navigator

ID: Q183785

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack
Microsoft FrontPage for Windows 1.1
Microsoft FrontPage for the Power Macintosh, version 1.0

SUMMARY

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

Microsoft Technical Support will not resolve problems produced by editing the HTML that FrontPage generates. This HTML Code sample is provided as a convenience for authors seeking to extend the capabilities of FrontPage. For more information about writing HTML, please see the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/workshop/

At the Workshop page, click "DHTML, HTML, and CSS" in the list.

WARNING: ANY USE BY YOU OF THE HTML PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. Microsoft provides this HTML "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose.

To play a background sound in Netscape Navigator, use the appropriate steps for your version of FrontPage.

FrontPage 97 and FrontPage for the Power Macintosh

Open your page in FrontPage Editor.

On the View menu, click HTML.

Place the insertion point after the <body> tag and 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.

Click OK.

On the File menu, click Save.

FrontPage 1.1

Open your page in FrontPage Editor.

On the Insert menu, click Bot.

In the Select A Component list, click HTML Markup and then click OK.

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.

Click Close.

On the File menu, click Save.

HIDDEN, AUTOSTART, and LOOP Attributes

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

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Additional query words: 97 1.1 fpmac bgsound

Keywords : kbdta fpedit
Version : MACINTOSH:1.0; WINDOWS:1.1,97
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto