Converting .WAV to .AU for use with Hover Buttons

[Trond Ruud]

The FP2000 Hover Button feature requires .au files, rather than .wav or
other audio formats to play sounds, but I'm unable to figure out how to
convert the windows .wav audio clips to .au format
Does anyone here know how it's done?
Trond Ruud
Norway

 

[Jack Brewster]

The FP2000 Hover Button feature requires .au files, rather than .wav or
other audio formats to play sounds, but I'm unable to figure out how to
convert the windows .wav audio clips to .au format
Does anyone here know how it's done?
Trond Ruud
Norway

I would suggest that you don't actually use the hover buttons at all. They
require that the visitor have a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) installed and
many Windows users do not.

There are a lot of newsgroup threads here with discussions about Hover
buttons. Just search for the subject and you can read up on the details.

You're better off looking into JavaScript rollovers instead. The threads you
find should offer suggestions for this course as well.

Sorry that I'm not being more detailed, but this topic is covered at least
once a day on this group and the regulars have gotten tired of repeating
themselves.

Good luck!

 

[Trond Ruud]

In news posting :uljL3D%[email protected],

I would suggest that you don't actually use the hover buttons at all.
They require that the visitor have a Java Virtual Machine (JVM)
installed and many Windows users do not.

There are a lot of newsgroup threads here with discussions about Hover
buttons. Just search for the subject and you can read up on the
details.

You're better off looking into JavaScript rollovers instead. The
threads you find should offer suggestions for this course as well.

Sorry that I'm not being more detailed, but this topic is covered at
least once a day on this group and the regulars have gotten tired of
repeating themselves.

Good luck!

Thanks
I thought _all_ Windows versions prior to XP came with the Microsoft
Virtual machine, and that it was installed automatically? Also I seem to
remember reading something about a Virtual machine (Microsoft's or
Sun's) being part of the XP Service Pack 1 update, which should indicate
most windows users do have Java capability, unless they have disabled it
in their browsers of course?
Trond Ruud

 

[Ronx]

In news posting :uljL3D%[email protected],


Thanks
I thought _all_ Windows versions prior to XP came with the Microsoft
Virtual machine, and that it was installed automatically? Also I seem to
remember reading something about a Virtual machine (Microsoft's or
Sun's) being part of the XP Service Pack 1 update, which should indicate
most windows users do have Java capability, unless they have disabled it
in their browsers of course?
Trond Ruud

WinXP SP1 only contained the JVM for about a month or two, then it was
removed.
IIRC (but I could be wrong), on earlier Windows versions, upgrading to IE6
removed any Microsoft JVM that may have been installed
Sun's sorry excuse for a JVM created more problems than it solved on my
machine, so I am now JAVA free.

Ron

 

[Trond Ruud]

In news posting :[email protected],

WinXP SP1 only contained the JVM for about a month or two, then it was
removed.
IIRC (but I could be wrong), on earlier Windows versions, upgrading
to IE6 removed any Microsoft JVM that may have been installed
Sun's sorry excuse for a JVM created more problems than it solved on
my machine, so I am now JAVA free.

Ron

My own experience with Sun's JVM isn't too good either, since it
effectively robbed me of my ability to connect to my Internet bank. I
seem ro remember having read that the reason for such snafus is that
Internet Explorer depends on some special features that Microsoft had
added to their JVM, but doesn't adhere to the established Java
standard. Anyway, I found a MS JVM on internet that I downloaded, and
have now got my Internet bank back in Win XP. I have kept my old
Win98SE, so I can always reach my Internet bank from there, when
everything fails in XP, but that's rather cumbersome of course.
Trond Ruud

 

[JimL]

In news posting :[email protected],


My own experience with Sun's JVM isn't too good either, since it
effectively robbed me of my ability to connect to my Internet bank. I
seem ro remember having read that the reason for such snafus is that
Internet Explorer depends on some special features that Microsoft had
added to their JVM, but doesn't adhere to the established Java
standard. Anyway, I found a MS JVM on internet that I downloaded, and
have now got my Internet bank back in Win XP. I have kept my old
Win98SE, so I can always reach my Internet bank from there, when
everything fails in XP, but that's rather cumbersome of course.
Trond Ruud

Good for you. But a big percentage of us do not see hover buttons,
so don't use them.

JimL