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Simple Windows Media Player Control Web Page

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By combining the elements previously discussed in this article, you can see how the pieces fit together in the following sample code.

<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>Windows Media Player Test</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>

<OBJECT ID="MediaPlayer1" WIDTH=320 HEIGHT=240
  CLASSID="CLSID:22D6f312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95"
  STANDBY="Loading Windows Media Player components..."
  TYPE="application/x-oleobject">

  <PARAM NAME="FileName" VALUE="C:\ASFRoot\Welcome.asf">
  <PARAM NAME="ShowControls" VALUE="False">
  <PARAM NAME="AutoRewind" VALUE="True">
  <PARAM NAME="AutoStart" VALUE="False">
</OBJECT>

<BR>
<INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" NAME="BtnPlay" VALUE="Play">
<INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" NAME="BtnStop" VALUE="Stop">
<INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" NAME="BtnAbout" VALUE="About">

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBScript">
<!--
Sub BtnAbout_OnClick
   MediaPlayer1.AboutBox
End Sub

Sub BtnPlay_OnClick
    MediaPlayer1.Play
End Sub

Sub BtnStop_OnClick
    MediaPlayer1.Stop
    MediaPlayer1.CurrentPosition = 0
End Sub
-->
</SCRIPT>

</BODY>
</HTML>

Try this code with a multimedia file on your computer. Copy and paste the code into a text file, and change the value of the FileName attribute to specify the protocol, relative path, and name of the clip you want to play.