input cd drive letter for later use on the page

Hi. I have a piece of Active-X code that plays a track from a CD in the CD drive:

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<OBJECT id=player height=64 width=160 classid=CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6></OBJECT>
<script>
player.uiMode="mini"
player.settings.autoStart=false
player.settings.volume=50
player.URL=src="'file:///"+letter+":/Track01.cda'"
</script>

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Well, it does if I specify the CD drive letter.

You'll notice the variable "letter" because I would like the user to enter their own drive letter so the audio file will play whatever drive is the CD drive.

Am I asking the impossible? It seems to gasp and choke and throw errors before any attempt I make to get the input.

Thanks,

Terry

Would this work?


<script type="text/javascript">
document.getElementById("player").uiMode="mini"
document.getElementById("player").settings.autoStart=false
document.getElementById("player").settings.volume=50
var letter = prompt("CD DRIVE:","D");
document.getElementById("player").src="'file:///"+letter+":/Track01.cda'"
</script>


Eric

Yes, it works well in IE - thanks Eric. Very neat solution.

Do you have any understanding as to why it doesn't work in Firefox? I thought Active-X was no problem for these modern browsers...

Terry

Interesting that more than one instance of the code that Eric supplied still requires another separate input of the CD driveletter.

Why doesn't it propagate throughout the page? I thought a variable once inputted would last within that page wherever it lived.

Oh well,

Terry

Active - X is proprietary. IE only.

Basscyst