how to get bg music to continue playing

[joycie]

On the main webpage, I use the following javascript to create a link to the popup window of a sub webpage.

<a href="javascript://" onClick="window.open('http://filename.htm','','menubar=no,status=no,scrollbars=no,top=200,left=200,toolbar=no,width=800,height=600')">

The main webpage has embedded background music. When I click on the link to open the popup sub webpage, the background music of the main webpage stopped. How can I let the music of the main webpage to continue even if the sub webpage is opened?

The code I use for the embedded music is :
<EMBED src=music.wma hidden=true LOOP="true"
AUTOSTART="TRUE">

Any help would be appreciated. Thanking in advance.

[boogyman]

 
<embed src="file.wma" loop="1" autostart="1" hidden="1" \>

[joycie]

Thanks Pissa, but the music still stop when I click to open the subpage.

[mburt]

Could you provide a link to the site where the problem is occuring?

[blm126]

<a href="javascript://" onClick="window.open('http://filename.htm','','menubar=no,status=no,scrollbars=no,top=200,left=200,toolbar=no,width=800,height=600')">

Don't do that. The javascript:// part is the problem. Here's an untested solution.

<a href="#" onClick="function(){window.open('http://filename.htm','','menubar=no,status=no,scrollbars=no,top=200,left=200,toolbar=no,width=800,height=600');return false;}">

[joycie]

Thanks to mburt, especially blm126 for providing the script.

It worked when I removed "function(){" and ";return false;}" ,ie:

<a href="#" onclick="window.open('http://filename.htm','','menubar=no,status=no,scrollbars=no,top=200,left=200,toolbar=no,width=800,height=600')">

[blm126]

The return false part is important. Here's a better way to do it.
Put this in the < head> tag

<script type="text/javascript">
function openWindow(file){
window.open(file,'','menubar=no,status=no,scrollbars=no,top=200,left=200,toolbar=no,width=800,height=600')
return false;
}
</script>

Then your link

<a href="#" onclick="openWindow('http://somefile.com')">Link</a>

[mburt]

When you use a blank bookmark (#) I think that would stop the music too. But it may not, so ignore me if I'm wrong

[blm126]

Well it's called an anchor. And since anchors only redirect within the page, the browser should continue to play the music. And then with the return false part the browser does nothing.

[mburt]

Anchors bring IE users to the top of the page, magically making a bookmark there, which may stop the music.