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**Steve Cochran**

Glad you got it. Its a new thing.

steve

"Andy" [email protected] wrote in message
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Hi Steve,

The problem with "midis as Background sound" was CONTROL PANEL | SOUNDS &
AUDIO DEVICES | AUDIO | MIDI music playback | VOLUME | SW Synth (The
volume
slider here was set to minimum.)

Many Thanks.
Andy I.

"The Last Straw" wrote in message
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: Steve, I checked the BGSOUND and found it set to -9600. I changed that
to 0
: per your suggestion, corrected the volume settings, and WALLA it makes
sound.
: TNX, I would have never found that.
: TLS
:
:
: "Steve Cochran" wrote:
:
: Send yourself a message using Format | Background | Sound and include
a
: midi. Then see if the size of the message indicates it was embedded
in
the
: message. If its embedded then the volume level probably got set very
small.
: Compose a new message and insert the sound and then go to View |
Source
Edit
: and then click on the Source tab to show the source code. Find the
BGSOUND
: element and in it is the volume= setting. Set that to zero (which is
max).
: It was probably set to -9000 or something and is mute. Then check the
: volume settings for your devices under Control Panel | Sounds to fix
it.
:
: steve
:
: "The Last Straw" wrote in
message
: ...
: Andy, I believe you solved my Picture problem. I did not mention
this,
: but
: occasionally when I load a Picture as Background, when sending, it
gives
: an
: error message that the file cannot be found and cannot be sent (even
: though
: it loads it in the current message). Is there a certain Directory
these
: files should reside in??
: The sound remains a problem. I was attempting to load a MID file,
(I
have
: many) and I have used successfully in the past, but they no longer
work.
: I
: tried an old WMA just now and it works fine. I used the Wincows
Media
: Player
: ver 11 to check the MID file and it plays fine.
: Can the Windows Media Player ver 11 be used to change the extension?
:
:
: "Andy" wrote:
:
: Hi.
:
: "The Last Straw" wrote in
: message
: ...
: : When attempting to insert sounds, I do as indicated, I select
'Format';
: : 'Background'; 'Sound' and under 'Browse' show location of sound
file.
: : I have done this successfully before but (suspect IE 7.0) this no
: longer
: : works.
:
: Is it possible that you're trying to use the wrong type of sound
file?
: "Background Sound" works only with .wav or .midi sound files.
:
: :Also when attempting to insert sounds, I do as indicated, I
select
: : 'Format'; 'Background'; 'Picture' and under 'Browse' show
location
of
: GIF
: : file.
: : I can do this successfully but again (suspect IE 7.0) I can only
insert
: one
: : picture file as putting in another replaces the first.
: : Keeping the picture and text separate is a problem as they over
write.
: : Any suggestions as to how to correct???
:
:
: When you use FORMAT | BACKGROUND | PICTURE, the picture will
over-write
: text
: or anything else in the message area. That's the way it works. It
: produces
: a BACKGROUND for your message.
: If you wish to insert a picture, select INSERT *not* FORMAT.
: Click on the location in your message area where you wish the
picture
to
: be
: inserted, *THEN* click INSERT | PICTURE | BROWSE.
:
: Good Luck.
: Andy I.
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