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Play sound when a link is clicked

EE,
I am trying to find code for JavaScript that will play a sound (.wav file) when a link is clicked. I do not want the sound to play when the page loads and I am only going to associate it with a single link on a page.

I would like it to play in IE and FireFox, but if I can get it work only in IE that would fine.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

dresdena1

spprivate

Just create a link to this wav file like any other hyperlink.Rest will be taken care by the browser.
<A HREF = "mymusic.wav" >Listen Sound </A>
Thats it

dresdena1

ASKER

spprivate,
Thanks for the quick response.
I will already be using the link to go to another page.

dresdena1

Sinoj Sebastian

Try this
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function DHTMLSound(surl) {
document.getElementById("dummyspan").innerHTML=
"<embed src='"+surl+"' hidden=true autostart=true loop=false>";
}

<span id='dummyspan'></span>
<form>
<img src="play.gif" onClick="DHTMLSound('success.wav')">
</form>
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This should work in IE and FF

dresdena1

ASKER

sinoj,
I am trying to get this to work on a horizontal line of text links. I believe that the form tag is causing a line break.
To try to get sound to play, I enclosed the <a href in the form tags and replaced the img src with a href and then put the DHTMLSound with the sound file that I am interested in playing.
It didn't work.

Do I need to enclose the function in <script> tags?
It showed through the browser so I enclosed in <script> tags to hide it and I also tried putting it in the <HEAD> section.

I am still unable to get any sound.

Here is my last try:
<<
<script>
function DHTMLSound(surl') {
document.getElementById("dummyspan").innerHTML=
"<embed src='"+surl'+"' hidden=true autostart=true loop=false>";
}
</script>

<span id='dummyspan'></span>
<form>
<a href="race_schedule.html" onClick="DHTMLSound('cowbell.wav')">Races</a>   
</form>
>>

Any ideas?
Thanks very much
dresdena1

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Sinoj Sebastian

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Please visit the demo link,

http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/mark/audio/play.htm

dresdena1

ASKER

sinoj,
Perfect! Thanks very much!

dresdena1