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bgsound object

Browser support:
Associates a background sound with a page.
The bgSound tag allows inserting a sound into the HTML document in Internet Explorer.

Syntax:

Methods that return the object:
•document.createElement ("bgsound")
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HTML page for this element: bgsound

Possible members:

 Properties
Methods
Events
Style properties
attributes
Represents a collection of attribute nodes that belong to an element.
balance
Specifies or returns how the volume will be divided between the left and right speakers.
baseURI
Returns the base URL for the object.
behaviorUrns
Represents a collection of the Uniform Resource Names for all behaviors attached to an element.
canHaveChildren
Retrieves a Boolean value that indicates whether the element can contain child elements.
canHaveHTML
Retrieves a Boolean value that indicates whether the element can contain HTML formatted text.
currentStyle
Represents the computed style settings for an element.
id
Sets or retrieves a unique identifier for the object.
isContentEditable
Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the contents of the object are editable by the user.
isDisabled
Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the object is disabled.
isMultiLine
Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the contents of an element can be multiline or not.
isTextEdit
Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the createTextRange method can be used for the element.
localName
9
 Returns the local part of the qualified name of the current node.
loop
Specifies or returns the number of repeats for a sound or video clip.
name
Sets or retrieves the name of an element.
namespaceURI
9
 Sets or returns the namespace URI of the current node.
nextElementSibling
9
 Returns a reference to the next child element of the current element's parent.
nextSibling
Returns a reference to the next child of the current element's parent.
nodeName
Returns the name of the current node.
nodeType
Returns an integer that indicates the type of the node.
nodeValue
Sets or returns the value of the current node.
outerHTML
Sets or retrieves the outer HTML content (the source code including the opening and closing tags) of an element.
outerText
Sets or returns the text content of an element including the text content of its descendants.
ownerDocument
Returns the document object that contains the current node.
parentElement
Returns the parent element of the object in the DOM hierarchy.
parentNode
Returns the parent element of the current node in the DOM hierarchy.
parentTextEdit
Returns the closest ancestor element of the current element in the DOM hierarchy that can be used to create a TextRange object.
previousElementSibling
9
 Returns a reference to the previous child element of the current element's parent.
previousSibling
Returns a reference to the previous node of the current element's parent.
readyState
Returns a string value that represents the state of the object.
runtimeStyle
Represents the overridden style settings for an element.
scopeName
Retrieves the local name of the namespace declared for the current element.
sourceIndex
Returns the position of the current object in the all collection of the document.
src
Sets or retrieves the URL of a sound file to be played.
style
Represents the inline style settings for an element or a CSS rule.
tagName
Returns the tag name of the current element.
tagUrn
Sets or retrieves the Uniform Resource Name (URN) of the namespace declared for the current element.
uniqueID
Returns the unique identifier generated by the browser for the object.
volume
Specifies or returns the volume for the background sound.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the bgSound element:
 
<bgsound src="bell.wav" loop="-1">
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Example HTML code 2:

Use the object tag for a cross-browser and standardized solution:
 
<object data="bell.wav" type="audio/x-wav" autostart="true" width="100px" height="20px"></object>
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Example HTML code 3:

This example shows how to get the URL of a sound file in JavaScript:
 
<head>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function GetSoundURL () {
            var bgsound = document.getElementById ("mySound");
            alert (bgsound.src);
        }
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <bgsound id="mySound" src="bell.wav" loop="-1">
    <button onclick="GetSoundURL ();">Get the URL of the sound file</button>
</body>
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External links:

bgsound element (MSDN)
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