//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// openTunePlayer() function
//
// Function to create a new window to act as a media player. The new window will
// use the default media player for the file type passed in based upon the user's
// browser settings. For example, Mac users would likely see an .mp3 file supported
// via QuickTime while Windows users would likely see it supported by Windows Media
// player.
//
// This function takes the basic information about the media file as a parameter
// and creates the new window based upon what it passed in.
//
// USAGE:
//
// - Call this function while passing it parameters
// - Parameters required are: Artist, Title, URL
// - Format as follows: openTunePlayer('artist','title','url')
//
// EXAMPLE:
//
// Holograms - Are You Ready For It
//
// TO DO:
//
// Find a way to determine if the popup is still open, and if so, close it before loading new window.
// this must be done to solve odd behaviour in Safari where each track keeps playing over the last.
//
function openTunePlayer(artist,title,tuneURL) {
// This is a bit funky, but it works...
// opens a tunePlayer window first if one isn't already open
// this is done in order to make sure that an existing tunePlayer window
// gets closed before loading the next audio sample
window.open('','tunePlayer','left=20,top=20,width=275,height=150,menubar=0,toolbar=0,status=0,scrollbars=0,resizable=0','replace').close();
// create a reference to a new window which we create
// new window is given name 'tunePlayer'
tunePlayerRef=window.open('','tunePlayer','left=20,top=20,width=275,height=150,menubar=0,toolbar=0,status=0,scrollbars=0,resizable=0','replace');
// write data into the new window
tunePlayerRef.document.write(
' \n \
\n \
Tune Player \n \
\n \
\n \
\n \
\n \
\n \
\n \
\n \
Artist: ' + artist + '
\n \
Title : ' + title + '
\n \
\n \
Close Window \n \
\n \
');
// close access for writing
tunePlayerRef.document.close()
}