making a <param> value a variable

[cesarcesar]

i have a Windows Media Player <object> tag below that has <param> in it. i want to have the PARAM VALUE to accept a pre-set variable. it looks something like this-

<script language=&quot;JavaScript&quot; type=&quot;text/JavaScript&quot; >
<!--
var mediatype = &quot;windowsmedia&quot;;
var whatClip = &quot;audio/t1.asx&quot;;


//-->
</script>

<div id=&quot;divWmp&quot; class=&quot;clsWmp&quot;>
<object id=&quot;WMP&quot; width=232 height=45 classid=&quot;CLSID:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95&quot; codebase= &quot;

http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=6,4,5,715&quot;

standby=&quot;Please wait while windows downloads necessary codecs...&quot; type=&quot;application/x-oleobject&quot; vspace=&quot;1&quot; name=&quot;WMP&quot;>

<param name=&quot;FileName&quot; value=&quot;audio/t1.asx&quot;> // <--THIS PART

<param name=&quot;AutoStart&quot; value=&quot;True&quot;>
<param name=&quot;ShowStatusBar&quot; value=&quot;False&quot;>
<param name=&quot;BufferingTime&quot; value=&quot;5&quot;>
<param name=&quot;ShowControls&quot; value=&quot;1&quot;>
<param name=&quot;AnimationAtStart&quot; value=&quot;1&quot;>
<param name=&quot;BackgroundColor&quot; value=&quot;#663333&quot;>
<embed type=&quot;application/x-mplayer2&quot;
src=&quot;audio/t1.asx&quot; /// <-- ALSO HERE width=232
height=45 name=&quot;WMP&quot;> </embed>
</object>
</div>

in the two places were it calls for either a VALUE or SRC i want to put the variable WHATCLIP in its place. havnt been able to get it to work. thanks for the help.

flashgroover

 

[jemminger]

hi flashgroover,

in my experience, this can only be done at load time:

<script language=&quot;JavaScript&quot; type=&quot;text/JavaScript&quot; >
<!--

function writeFlash(whatClip) {
	document.writeln('<object id=&quot;WMP&quot; width=232 height=45' +
		'classid=&quot;CLSID:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95&quot;' +
		'codebase= [URL unfurl="true"]http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=6,4,5,715&quot;'[/URL] +
		'standby=&quot;Please wait while windows downloads necessary codecs...&quot;' +
		'type=&quot;application/x-oleobject&quot; vspace=&quot;1&quot; name=&quot;WMP&quot;>' +
		'<param name=&quot;FileName&quot; value=&quot;' + whatClip + '&quot;>' +
		'<param name=&quot;AutoStart&quot; value=&quot;True&quot;>' + 
		'<param name=&quot;ShowStatusBar&quot; value=&quot;False&quot;>' + 
		'<param name=&quot;BufferingTime&quot; value=&quot;5&quot;>' + 
		'<param name=&quot;ShowControls&quot; value=&quot;1&quot;>' + 
		'<param name=&quot;AnimationAtStart&quot; value=&quot;1&quot;>' + 
		'<param name=&quot;BackgroundColor&quot; value=&quot;#663333&quot;>' + 
		'<embed type=&quot;application/x-mplayer2&quot;' + 
		'src=&quot;' + whatClip + '&quot;' + 
		'width=232 height=45 name=&quot;WMP&quot;> </embed>' + 
		'</object>');
}

//-->
</script>

<div id=&quot;divWmp&quot; class=&quot;clsWmp&quot;>
	<script language=&quot;javascript&quot;>writeFlash(&quot;audio/t1.asx&quot;);</script>
</div>

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-jeff