file name problem 1

[Serendipiter]

Will this file name be interpreted properly by javascript?
'

http://tiu.toastmastersclubs.org/jdownload.cgi?action=download&path=Scream.wav'

It works when I enter it in an Internet Explorer URL box.

I'm using it as follows, but it doesn't play the sound file:
old.innerHTML="<embed src='

http://tiu.toastmastersclubs.org/jdownload.cgi?action=download&path=Scream.wav'

hidden=true autostart=true loop=false>";

The javascript code above does work with the same sound file in a different location. The following works:
old.innerHTML="<embed src='file:///C:\Users\Brian\Desktop\scream.wav' hidden=true autostart=true loop=false>";

Do I need to specify the file name differently to make it work with javascript?

 

[vacunita]

Embed expects an actual file to embed, yet you are passing it a URL that merely serves the file for download.

In reality the file you are embedding is not scream.wav but jdownload.cgi. This file is a script that takes 2 parameters, one of which happens to be a file name

The Embed works fine as the download does occur.

To get this to work, you would need to host the file somewhere else and access its url directly rather than through the cgi script.

With that said, this has nothing to do with Javascript, its simply the way the embed html tag works.

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[Serendipiter]

Thank you for your help. I think I may be restricted to accessing the file using the script (I cannot directly access the file on the server or upload one to the server). Do you have a suggestion for accessing it using javascript?