Playing audio files?

**BarkinMadd** · 07 March 2009, 04:37 PM

Sorry - I know this was asked but it was in the context of flash and my search on this forum didn't point to anything conclusive. My question - is there any way to include audio as background music, etc. using XWD?

I'm sure someone is going to tell me that there is a widget like the jukebox but all I want is audio that plays when a page is displayed or a button is clicked. Seems like pretty basic stuff but it may not be (what do I know)

Thanks

**Soquili** · 07 March 2009, 04:44 PM

Hi Steve,

The information in the thread http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=36744 may answer your question.

**BarkinMadd** · 07 March 2009, 05:19 PM

Thanks - that miniplayer does the trick! I guess there's no end to the possibilities. I think it would have been consistent with the idea behind XWD to provide a more user-friendly way to perform this type of task.

For me, it's just a learning curve to climb.

Many thanks,

Steve

**Soquili** · 07 March 2009, 05:32 PM

Glad it will work for you Steve.

From a programmers perspective I cannot think of an easier way then the placeholder method within Web Designer.

**BarkinMadd** · 07 March 2009, 05:53 PM

Well... Perhaps what's missing here is a library of useful widgets that ship with XWD that simply allow the user to drag and drop them onto the canvas (automatically creating the placeholder with the requisite html or swf linkages). Having this sort of interface would, in my opinion, be consistent with the ease of use offered by the rest of the product.

Being able to also save your own custom placeholders to this 'library' would be a natural extension of this IMHO.

Thanks again for your help,

Steve