I use the standard "Beep" option with the PLAY command. I made a "special notice" reminder field, that, if filled by a sales rep, will show a popup window, and play the sound. Useful if a particular client has a quirk that all other salespeople should know about.

It's not a loud sound, but almost all of the reps complain about the volume, or being 'surprised' by the sound. It's not  the roar of a panther or anything, but still, so much bellyaching. So just prepare yourself for that -- I have the same problem, the users just sail through every pop-up clicking 'Yes' without reading them.

Ideally, if the PLAY command could use a wav file, I would choose the 'doink-doink' sound from television's long-running cop drama blockbuster 'Law & Order'. It's actually the sound of a gavel slamming down twice, which is strangely satisfying.

As for making the sound coincide with the exact moment of the popup appearing, no, no idea. Maybe just use the "Click" and use the minimum duration possible.

Here is a piece of captcha-like code that randomly selects from a list of ten words. The user must type the randomly selected word to make the message go away.

var vList as String
var vPos as Int
var vCompare as String
var vResponse as String
var vMsg as String
var vCnt as Int

	vList = "burble;soda;wonky;rhombus;steerage;monster;superb;tulip;freezer;plural"
	vPos = @Int(Random(10))
	vPos = vPos + 1

	vCompare = @AccessStringArray(vList, vPos)
	vMsg = "This is a very important message that you need to read." + @Newline()
		+ "This is a very important message that you need to read." + @Newline()
		+ "This is a very important message that you need to read." + @Newline()
		+ "This is a very important message that you need to read." + @Newline()
		+ "If you have read this message, please type " + vCompare + " in the box."

	vCnt = 0
	While (vResponse <> vCompare) And (vCnt < 5)
	{
		vResponse = @PromptForUserInput(vMsg, "")
		vCnt = vCnt + 1
	}

	If vCnt = 5
	{
		@MsgBox("You are clearly not reading the message! The Admin is coming to whack you with the cluebat. Have a nice day.", "", "")
	} 

Acebanner wrote on Feb 9^th, 2012 at 5:59pm:


Sesame 3 will be able to send a chat message to the Admin in that case, letting them know that the cluebat is needed.