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Feb 5th, 2005 at 9:33pm
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Hi -

I just programmed a form to return a messagebox (when appropriate) "There is no companion record."

I don't like the intrusive sound that accompanies the message box though.  So, I was thinking that I could have a soft voice simply say "There is no companion record."

Is there anything built-in to Sesame that would allow me to play a recorded message.

If not, I would imagine that I could use @shell to open any sound player and play the recording, music or whatever,  If I had to resort to @shell, is it possible to do so "invisibly" meaning that the form remains in front of you to continue being worked on.

As usual, any suggestions will be appreciated.  Thanks!
  
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Reply #1 - Feb 5th, 2005 at 10:32pm
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I have only experimented a little, but I think the new Asynchshell command may do the trick.

Check the most recent programming supplement for more info.

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Reply #2 - Feb 5th, 2005 at 11:49pm
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I may just be getting tired, but I would really like to get some means for playing a sound file, quickly.  So, if anyone has more complete information - to get me started - I would appreciate it.
  
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Reply #3 - Feb 6th, 2005 at 1:29am
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This will launch your default mp3 player and play a song (or sound file, etc)

Change the path and filename accordingly.

var nn as int

nn = @asynchshell("c:\music\song1.mp3")

Perhaps someone can post info on a free, small, mp3 player that loads quickly?

Or a Dos based mp3 player?

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Reply #4 - Feb 6th, 2005 at 4:43am
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Steve -

It's too bad (for your sake ... but a break for me) that you are not "on salary" today.   lol

First, I have to tell you that I had planned on going out this evening and was heading for the shower when I heard my "mail notifier."  So, of course, I just went to take a quick peek and there were two more suggestions from you.  You guessed it.  I decided to forget the shower, forget going out this evening, and to just continue playing with my new toy.  

Once again the extra information you gave me has helped me get closer to what I want.

Now when someone "mistakenly" clicks on the companion button they HEAR "Sorry, there is no companion record."  The only thing that I don't like is that MPlayer is visible and you have to click the "x" to close it (of course you have to do that with the message box, as well).

But, ideally, I would like MPlayer not to be visible at all and to close by itself when the recording has played.  Any hope for that?

By the way, I did read through the new documentation on asynchshell but didn't get a clue on the "visibility" issue.

Again, thanks for ALL the help you have given me today.  I have accomplished most of what I had hoped for.
  
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Reply #5 - Feb 6th, 2005 at 5:52am
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Well, for anyone interested in this "stuff," I have found that I could make a couple of modifications WITHIN MPLAYER that get me closer to my goal.

First, I changed the "skin" to what looks like an atom, so that it is much less obtrusive when it appears on the form.

Second, I was able to select OPTIONS and unchecked the box that said "Keep the Player on top of other Windows."  Now, when Mplayer appears, I can click on the "x" in the icon to close it completely or just click on any element within the form and the "atom" is placed "behind" my database form.

By the way, isn't there something I can put in programming to have Sesame automatically "focus" back to the form?

I can't believe the progress I am making with my new database ... thanks to so many of you that have been so helpful.  Thanks!
  
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Reply #6 - Feb 6th, 2005 at 7:58pm
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Glad I could be of 'some' help.

I've gotten a lot of great help here and I try to reciprocate whenever possible.

Sounds like I'll be asking YOU questions before long. Smiley

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Reply #7 - Feb 6th, 2005 at 9:35pm
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Want sound player to be invisible.
Another untested idea:

To minimize the sound player:
1.  Copy the exe as another name.
2.  Make PIF/shortcut file for the newly named file.  Modify it to play minimized and close when done.
3.  In Sesame, call the renamed file/pif/shortcut vs. the original filename.

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Re a player file, what type of sound files are you looking at to be using?
Wav, mp3, midi, etc...............
  


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Reply #8 - Feb 6th, 2005 at 9:41pm
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I provided some info on WAV files at this link: http://www.lantica.com/Forum2/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=archived;action=display...
See the entry of "Mar 13th, 2004, 3:14pm "

It references a wav file player that can be downloaded
  


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