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SKIN Element

The SKIN element specifies a URL to a border.

This element is supported only for Windows Media Player 7 or later.

Syntax

<SKIN
   href="URL"
/>

Attributes

  HREF (required)

URL for a compressed border file with a file extension .wmz.

Parent/Child Elements

Hierarchy Elements
Parent elements ASX
Child elements None

Remarks

The SKIN element is used to create a border, which is similar to a skin but is displayed in the Now Playing area of the full mode Windows Media Player. The SKIN element is used only for borders, which appear inside the full mode Windows Media Player, and not for regular skins, which entirely replace the compact mode Windows Media Player.

The SKIN element is used by a Windows Media Download Package, a file with an extension .wmd, to enable a border to have content and to link to other sites. It is a compressed file that contains a compressed border file and a Windows Media metafile. A compressed border file, with an extension .wmz (Windows Media Zipped), includes a skin definition file with an extension .wms (Windows Media Skin).

A SKIN element has three components:

Example Code

<ASX version = "3.0">
    <TITLE>A Skin Element</TITLE>
    <SKIN href = "yourtest.wmz" />

    <ENTRY>
        <PARAM name="YourAlbumTitle" value="YourTitle.jpg"/>
        <PARAM name="link" value="http://www.YourPath.com"/>
        <TITLE>(The Artist)-YourTitle</TITLE>
        <REF href="(the Artist)-YourSongTitle.wma"/>
    </ENTRY>

</ASX>

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