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  1. Oct 29th, 2003, 10:49 AM #1
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    displaying a movie..


    Hi there,
    Please help me with the following "script" in which I wanted to display
    an AVI movie..on my html page.I want my "movie to be very next to the BUTTON..
    but any time I click to watch it. it displays in another white page and my
    button disappears..How can I have them both on the same page.?.(my button and my movie)
    I dont want to use "frames" I just want to click and there goes my movie..hope you got my poor English..thanks

    ......................

    <html>
    <head>
    </head>

    <body bgcolor=silver>

    <script language="javascript">
    function start_to_watch()
    {
    document.write('<embed src="my.avi" width="250" height="250" autostart=true hidden="false" />')
    }
    </script>

    <form>
    <input type=button style=background:blue;color:yellow;font-size:24; value="watch it now" onClick="start_to_watch()">
    </form>
    </body>
    </html>
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  2. Oct 29th, 2003, 11:35 AM #2
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    hmmm

    Try This:

    Code:
    <html>
<head>
</head>

<body bgcolor=silver>

<script language="javascript">
function start_to_watch()
{
var div;
div=document.getElementById('Moviediv');

div.innerHTML='<embed src="my.avi" width="250" height="250" autostart=true hidden="false" />';

}
</script>

<form>
<div width=250 height=250 name="Moviediv"></div>

<input type=button style=background:blue;color:yellow;font-size:24; value="watch it now" onClick="start_to_watch()">
</form>
</body>
</html>
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  3. Oct 29th, 2003, 12:00 PM #3
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    very small change in code required (at least for me)
    change the DIVs "name" property to "id".
    so NOT:
    name="Moviediv"
    but
    id="Moviediv"
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  4. Oct 29th, 2003, 12:12 PM #4
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    Whoops

    I wrote it to fast - sorry, it's ofcourse ID (getElementById), My bad!
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  6. Oct 30th, 2003, 03:09 PM #5
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    And you'll probably want quotes around the style property value of the button - though most browsers will accept the wrong code too.
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