A collection of sound clips.
Element
image
sound Properties
| Property | Type | Access | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| allow overrides | boolean | r/w | If true, the master page item can be overridden. |
| associated XML element | XML item | read | The XML element associated with the sound. |
| class | type | read | The class descriptor type. |
| description | text | r/w | The description of the sound. |
| do not print poster | boolean | r/w | If true, the sound poster does not print with the document. |
| embed in PDF | boolean | r/w | If true, the file is embedded in the PDF. If false, the file is linked to the PDF. Note: To embed movie files, acrobat compatibility must be acrobat 6 or higher. |
| file path | text | r/w | The file path (colon delimited on the Mac OS). Can also accept: alias or string. |
| geometric bounds | List of | r/w | The bounds of the sound excluding the stroke width, in the format [y1, x1, y2, x2], which give the coordinates of the top-left and bottom-right corners of the bounding box. |
| horizontal scale | real | r/w | The horizontal scaling applied to the text as a percentage of its current size. (Range: 1 to 1000) |
| id | integer | read | The unique ID of the sound. |
| index | integer | read | The index of the sound within its containing object. |
| item layer | layer | r/w | The layer that the sound is on. |
| item link | link | read | The source file of the link. |
| label | text | r/w | A property that can be set to any string. |
| name | text | r/w | The name of the sound. |
| object reference | sound | read | An object reference for the object. |
| overridden | boolean | read | If true, the object originated on a master spread and was overridden. If false, the object either originated on a master spread and was not overridden, or the object did not originate on a master page. |
| overridden master page item | specifier | read | An object that originated on a master page and has been overridden. Can return: page item, guide, graphic, movie or sound. |
| parent | specifier | read | The parent of the sound (a page item, oval, rectangle or polygon). Can return: page item, oval, rectangle or polygon. |
| play on page turn | boolean | r/w | If true, the movie plays automatically when a user views the page that contains the movie poster in the PDF document. |
| poster file | text | r/w | The poster file. |
| properties | record | r/w | A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time. |
| sound poster type | none, standard, proxy image, |
r/w | The type of sound poster. |
| vertical scale | real | r/w | The vertical scaling applied to the text as a percentage of its current size. (Range: 1 to 1000) |
| visible bounds | List of | r/w | The bounds of the sound including the stroke width, in the format [y1, x1, y2, x2], which give the coordinates of the top-left and bottom-right corners of the bounding box. |