EXPLANATION OF THE <EMBED> CODE.
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 <embed>  

Allows you to put objects (such as sound, video, etc.) directly into an HTML page. In this way <EMBED> is used to run Netscape plug-ins. The following attributes do not all apply to every embedded object. This element only supported by MS Internet Explorer 3 and Netscape Navigator 2 upwards. This element is not part of official HTML specification and is currently the focus of the W3C HTML working groups Compound Document draft specification and will be resolved with HTML 4.0.

The more common attributes are listed below. There maya also be a number of plugin-specific attributes.

• SRC="URL"

  Required to provide the address of the object.

  HIDDEN="true|false"

  Hides the embedded object. (For example the sound controls for background music).

  LOOP=n|"true"

  Loops or repeats the object n number of times or infinitely.

  AUTOSTART="true|false"

  Automatically starts embedded object. (For example background music).

  WIDTH=value|"percent"

  Sets the horizontal size of the object.

  HEIGHT=value|"percent"

  Sets the vertical size of the object.

<EMBED SRC="spider.mid" AUTOSTART="false" HIDDEN="false" LOOP="true" WIDTH=145 HEIGHT=60>

This example will show a midi sound control if the relevant plug-in is running on your browser.

You can use <EMBED> in a similar way to the above example to play sound in the background, thus acting like MS Internet Explorer's <BGSOUND> which is not supported by Netscape Navigator 3 and below. See Tips n' Tricks for more information on enabling background sound.

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