function PlayAudioIE(soundobj) {
        var thissound=document.getElementById(soundobj);
        thissound.Play();
    }

    function PauseAudioIE(soundobj) {
        var thissound=document.getElementById(soundobj);
        thissound.Pause();
    }  
    
    var objAudio = null;

	function PlayAudioNOTIE(aMimeType,aFile,aID,aAutoPlay) {
	    //alert("in here , should be playing " + aFile);
	    //alert("in here , aMimeType " + aMimeType);
	    //alert("in here , aID " + aID);
	    //alert("in here , aAutoPlay " + aAutoPlay);
		StopAudioNOTIE(aID);

        objAudio = document.createElement("object");

        aAutoStart = "0"
		if (aAutoPlay == "True")  {
		    aAutoStart = "1"
            //alert (aFile + " should set autostart to " + aAutoStart);

		}
		
//		FOR NOT IE
        objAudio.setAttribute("id", aID);
        objAudio.setAttribute("type",aMimeType);
        objAudio.setAttribute("data",aFile);
        objAudio.setAttribute("width","0");
        objAudio.setAttribute("height","0");
		
        audParam = document.createElement("param");
        audParam.setAttribute("name","autoplay");
        audParam.setAttribute("value",aAutoPlay);
        objAudio.appendChild(audParam);	

        audParam = document.createElement("param");
        audParam.setAttribute("name","autostart");
        audParam.setAttribute("value",aAutoStart);
        objAudio.appendChild(audParam);	
       
        // Added embed element for Safari 
        audParam = document.createElement("embed");
        audParam.setAttribute("type",aMimeType);
        audParam.setAttribute("src",aFile);
        audParam.setAttribute("width","1");
        audParam.setAttribute("height","1");
        
        if (aMimeType == "audio/x-ms-wma")
            audParam.setAttribute("autostart",aAutoStart);
        else
            audParam.setAttribute("autostart",aAutoPlay);

        //audParam.setAttribute("id", aID);
        objAudio.appendChild(audParam);	


        // FOR IE ONLY 
/*      objAudio.setAttribute("classid","CLSID:22D6f312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95");
        objAudio.setAttribute("type","application/x-oleobject");
        objAudio.setAttribute("standby","Loading Windows Media Player components...");
        objAudio.setAttribute("codebase","http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=6,4,7,1112");
        objAudio.setAttribute("width","0");
        objAudio.setAttribute("height","0");

        audParam = document.createElement("param");
        audParam.setAttribute("name","FileName");
        audParam.setAttribute("value","http://drjenniferhoward.rknet.biz/audio/meditation_page_intro.wma");
        objAudio.appendChild(audParam);	


        audParam = document.createElement("param");
        audParam.setAttribute("name","AutoStart");
        audParam.setAttribute("value","true");
        objAudio.appendChild(audParam);	

        audParam = document.createElement("embed");
        audParam.setAttribute("type","application/x-mplayer2");
        audParam.setAttribute("src","http://drjenniferhoward.rknet.biz/audio/meditation_page_intro.wma");
        audParam.setAttribute("name","objmedia");
        audParam.setAttribute("autostart","1");
        objAudio.appendChild(audParam);	
*/
		document.body.appendChild(objAudio);

	}
		
	function StopAudioNOTIE(aID) {
	    objAudio = document.getElementById(aID) ;

		if ( objAudio ) {
			document.body.removeChild(objAudio);
			objAudio = null;
		}
	}