FP98: How to Play Background Sound in Netscape Navigator (194096)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q194096

For a Microsoft FrontPage 97 and earlier version of this article, see 183785.
For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 version of this article, see 193168.

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

To play a background sound in Netscape Navigator, follow these steps:
  1. Open your page in FrontPage Editor.
  2. On the Insert menu, click FrontPage Component.
  3. From the Select A Component list, click Insert HTML and then click OK.
  4. 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. A plug-in may be needed to play midi files.
  5. Click OK.
  6. 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 a infinite loop. The
                            default value is false, meaning that the
                            plug-in will play once.
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Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/3/2001
Keywords:kbinfo KB194096
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