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				<tr><td valign="top" class="name">bgsound</td><td valign="top" nowrap class="compatibility">NN <span class="emphasis">n/a</span> IE <span class="emphasis">4</span> DOM <span class="emphasis">n/a</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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						<p>A <span class="literal">bgsound</span> element defines a sound file that is to
play in the background while the user visits the page. Set properties
to control the volume and how many times the sound track plays even
after the sound file has loaded. A few properties, such as
<span class="literal">innerHTML</span> and <span class="literal">innerText</span>, are
exposed in the Windows version, but they don't apply
to an element that does not have an end tag.
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>&lt;bgsound&gt;</pre>
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>[window.]document.getElementById("<span class="replaceable">elementID</span>")</pre>
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						<table border="1"><tbody><tr><td><span class="literal">balance</span></td><td><span class="literal">loop</span></td><td><span class="literal">src</span></td><td><span class="literal">volume</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			None.</p>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			None. </p>
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				<tr><td valign="top" class="name">balance</td><td valign="top" nowrap class="compatibility">NN <span class="emphasis">n/a</span> IE <span class="emphasis">4</span> DOM <span class="emphasis">n/a</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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						<p>Specifies how the audio is divided between the left and right
speakers. Once this attribute value is set in the element, its value
cannot be changed by script control.
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>var currBal = document.getElementsByTagName("bgsound")[0].balance;</pre>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="value"><span class="title">Value</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			A signed integer between -10,000 and +10,000. A value of
<span class="literal">0</span> is equally balanced on both sides. A negative
value means the left side is dominant; a positive value means the
right side is dominant.
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					<td valign="top" nowrap colspan="2" class="default"><span class="title">Default</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			<span class="literal">0</span></p>
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				<tr><td valign="top" class="name">loop</td><td valign="top" nowrap class="compatibility">NN <span class="emphasis">n/a</span> IE <span class="emphasis">4</span> DOM <span class="emphasis">n/a</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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						<p>Specifies the number of times the sound plays. Assigning a value of
-1 means the sound plays continuously until the page is unloaded.
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>document.getElementById("mySound").loop = 3;</pre>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			Integer.</p>
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					<td valign="top" nowrap colspan="2" class="default"><span class="title">Default</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			<span class="literal">1</span></p>
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				<tr><td valign="top" class="name">src</td><td valign="top" nowrap class="compatibility">NN <span class="emphasis">n/a</span> IE <span class="emphasis">4</span> DOM <span class="emphasis">n/a</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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						<p>Provides the URL of the sound file to be played. Change tunes by
assigning a new URL to the property. The new tune plays according to
the <span class="literal">loop</span> property setting.
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>document.getElementById("tunes").src = "sounds/blues.aif";</pre>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			Complete or relative URL as a string.</p>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			None. </p>
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				<tr><td valign="top" class="name">volume</td><td valign="top" nowrap class="compatibility">NN <span class="emphasis">n/a</span> IE <span class="emphasis">4</span> DOM <span class="emphasis">n/a</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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						<p>Specifies how loud the background sound plays relative to the maximum
sound output level as adjusted by user preferences in the client
computer. Maximum volumea setting of zerois only as
loud as the user has set the <span class="emphasis">Sound</span>
control panel. Attribute adjustments are negative values as low as
-10,000 (although most users lose the sound at values much higher
than that value).
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>var currVolume = document.getElementById("themeSong").volume;</pre>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			Integer.</p>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			Varies with operating system and sound settings. </p>
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