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AUTHOR Element

Contains a text string representing the name of the author of an Advanced Stream Redirector (ASX) file or media clip.

Syntax

<AUTHOR>
   text string
</AUTHOR>

Attributes

None

Parent/Child Information

Parent elements ASX, ENTRY
Child elements None

Remarks

This element contains a text string representing the name of the author of an ASX file or media clip. You can use the AUTHOR element within the ASX element and within ENTRY elements.

If this element appears in the ASX element, the text is displayed on the Show tab of the Properties dialog box.

If this element appears in an ENTRY element, the text is displayed under clip author in the display panel and in the Clip tab of the Properties dialog box.

Each parent ASX and ENTRY element should contain at most one child AUTHOR element. Multiple AUTHOR elements after the first will be ignored and will not display.

Example

<ASX VERSION="3.0">
   <AUTHOR>Neal S.</AUTHOR>   <!-- Show author -->
   <ENTRY>
      <REF HREF="mms://example.microsoft.com/clip1.asf" />
      <AUTHOR>Robert P.</AUTHOR>  <!-- Clip author -->
   </ENTRY>
</ASX>

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