Set all media players in a document to start on page opening

How can I set all the existing media players (mp3 files) in a document to start playing on page opening and stop on page closing
I'm sorry for asking for a complete script but I can't work it out from the SDK manuals, and I think this example would help me a lot with future scripts
Thanks
Trevor

Hi, Trevor!
Did you consult the online DOM documentation for something like that?
I found the following:
http://help.adobe.com/livedocs/acrobat_sdk/10/Acrobat10_HTMLHelp/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/ww help.htm?href=JS_API_AcroJS.88…
http://help.adobe.com/livedocs/acrobat_sdk/10/Acrobat10_HTMLHelp/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/ww help.htm?href=JS_API_AcroJS.88…
Using AnnotRichMedia instead of media could be the key. Since media seems to be outdated, deprecated or something…
I'm out in the dark like you are with Acrobat and JS. Just consulted some of my bookmarks pointing at the SDK of Acrobat.
Some dummy-code:
var myRichMediaObjects = myDoc.getAnnotsRichMedia(nPage);
Properties of AnnotRichMedia object:
http://help.adobe.com/livedocs/acrobat_sdk/10/Acrobat10_HTMLHelp/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/ww help.htm?href=JS_API_AcroJS.88…
for(var n=0;n<myRichMediaObjects.length;n++){
myRichMediaObjects[n].activated = false;
Don't know much about the DOM here. Maybe there is no length property for the object that is returned by getAnnotsRichMedia() ??
Did not try anything.
Uwe

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