What Background Do You Need?

To use the Windows Media Player control in a Web page, you need to know at least the fundamentals of HTML. The article Placing the Windows Media Player Control in a Web Page shows how to embed a Windows Media Player control with a standard user interface, using the HTML OBJECT tag.

If you know a Web scripting language, dynamic HTML (DHTML), or how to create a cascading style sheet (CSS), you can create sophisticated user interfaces for the Windows Media Player control. Using the Windows Media Player control with scripting languages enables you to customize the operation of the control and coordinate it with other graphics on the Web page. Supported scripting languages include Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) and Microsoft JScript (compatible with ECMA 262 language specification).

If you have some knowledge of Microsoft Visual Basic and the Visual Basic 5.x development environment, you can also use the Windows Media Player control to create multimedia applications and Microsoft ActiveX controls.