PlaySound Method

Plays a sound file or a pre-defined Windows sound.

System.PlaySound(Sound[, WaveFile][, Wait])

Client support

   Newlook Smartclient only.

Arguments

Sound - (Integer, Required)

A constant specifying the type of sound to play . Specify one of the pre-defined Sound constants.

Specify nlSndWavefile if you want to play a specific .wav file.

WaveFile - (String, Optional)

Optional.  String value specifying the full path name of the wave sound file to play. This parameter is ignored if the Sound argument is not set to SndWaveFile.

Wait - (Boolean, Optional)

Determines whether the script should wait until the sound has finished playing before continuing.  This parameter is ignored if the Sound argument is not set to SndWaveFile.

ClosedExamples

In the following example we are playing the 'Chord' wave file when the user clicks cancel on the confirmation msgbox.

VB SCRIPT

varDemoVar = app.GetValue("varUser")

varConf = App.MsgBox ("Confirm username: " & varDemoVar,"User Name Confirmation",nlMsgQuestion,nlMsgYesNo)

 

If varConf = nlMsgYes then

   App.MsgBox "Username confirmed", "Confirmation",nlMsgExclamation,nlMsgOKOnly

Else

   System.PlaySound nlSndWaveFile, "Sounds\Chord.wav", True

   App.MsgBox "Please log off and re-enter username", "Alert",nlMsgCritical,nlMsgOKOnly

End if

JSCRIPT

varDemoVar = app.GetValue("varUser");

varConf = App.MsgBox ("Confirm username: " + varDemoVar,"User Name Confirmation",nlMsgQuestion,nlMsgYesNo);

 

   if (varConf == nlMsgYes)

      App.MsgBox ("Username confirmed", "Confirmation");

   else

      System.PlaySound(nlSndWaveFile,"Sounds/Chord.wav", true);

      App.MsgBox ("Please log off and re-enter username", "Alert");

Returns

No return value.

Applies To

System object

See Also

PlaySound action

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