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MULTIMEDIA

This element will insert a multimedia file. Text files will be output directly; for Java, Flash, Audio and Video files an embed tag will be used.

Property

file

Data type

resource /stdWrap

Description

The multimedia file. Possible file types are:

File type	File content
txt, html, htm	Will be inserted directly. Of the following properties only ".stdWrap" can be used.
class	Java-applet.
swf	Flash animation.
swa, dcr	Shockwave animation.
au, wav, mp3	Sound.
avi, mov, asf, mpg, wmv	Movie (AVI, QuickTime, ...).

Property

params

Data type

string /stdWrap

Description

These are parameters for the multimedia objects. Use this to enter stuff like autostart, type, width, height and so on. For each file type several parameters make sense. For an incomplete list see below this table.

Example:

params (
  type = application/x-shockwave-flash
  width = 200
  height = 300
)

This will generate a tag like

<embed .... type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="200" height="300">

For parameters which are set by default (see tables below) an empty string will remove the parameter from the embed-tag.

Example:

params (
  height =
)

Note: If you set a width or a height here, this will overwrite the width or the height which have been set using ".width" and ".height".

Property

width

Data type

integer /stdWrap

Description

Width attribute of the embed tag.

Not used for txt, html, htm and sound files.

Default

200

Property

height

Data type

integer /stdWrap

Description

Height attribute of the embed tag.

Not used for txt, html, htm and sound files.

Default

200

Property

stdWrap

Data type

->stdWrap

[tsref:(cObject).MULTIMEDIA]

Meaningful parameters for .params

For the different file types many different parameters can be set. This is an incomplete list of some of those parameters:

au, wav, mp3:

Parameter:	Description:	Default:
width	Width of the controls. If not set, the browser defaults to 200.
height	Height of the controls. If not set, the browser defaults to 16.
loop	Repeat the sound, when playing finished. Set to true or false.
autostart	Automatically start the sound. Set to true or false.

avi, mov, asf, mpg, wmv:

Parameter:	Description:	Default:
width	Width of the movie.	200
height	Height of the movie.	200
autostart	Automatically start the video. Set to true or false. Note: Not for "mov", there the parameter is called "autostart". See example below.

swf, swa, dcr:

Parameter:	Description:	Default:
width	Width of the object. If not set, the browser defaults to approx. 200.	200
height	Height of the object. If not set, the browser defaults to approx. 200.	200
quality	Quality of the video.	high

class:

Parameter:	Description:	Default:
width	Width of the object.	200
height	Height of the object.	200

Example for QuickTime (mov):

params (
  width = 256
  height = 208
  autoplay = true
  controller = true
  loop = false
  pluginspage = http://www.apple.com/quicktime/
)