HTML, XHTML, and CSS, Sixth Edition

2017-07-07 02:10:07

When you set a param element, it always affects the movie specified by the src or data elements. Sometimes, however, you may want to control the attributes for a movie specified with the HRef parameter that we saw on the previous page, or with the qtnext parameter that we'll see on the next page. You do this with a rather convoluted system called URL extensions.

To add attributes to secondary movies:

1.	Insert `<` (the code for the less than sign) before the URL for the secondary movie.
2.	Add `>` (the code for the greater than sign) after the URL for the secondary movie.
3.	Then, after the `>` code, type `T<place>`, where place specifies where the movie should be targeted.
4.	After the target, type `E<name=value`, where name is the name of the parameter and value is the desired value for the secondary movie.
5.	Separate each additional parameter pair with a space.
6.	Type `>` to complete the set of parameter pairs. Figure 18.28. It's pretty ugly. Just remember to surround the URL with escaped less than and greater than signs, followed by the letter T and the target name surrounded by those escapes, and then finally the letter E and the parameters also duly enclosed. Figure 18.29. Now the main movie will loop after it finishes playing.

Tip

You can use regular less than and greater than signs instead of the corresponding escaped codes, but your page won't validate.

Figure 18.28. It's pretty ugly. Just remember to surround the URL with escaped less than and greater than signs, followed by the letter T and the target name surrounded by those escapes, and then finally the letter E and the parameters also duly enclosed.

Figure 18.29. Now the main movie will loop after it finishes playing.

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