Reference Manual - Table of Contents

Execution Control Forms and Windows Controls Menus System and Desktop Graphic Drawing Commands

Animation QuickTime Movies Speech Sound File I/O Printing Serial Ports

Math Functions String Functions Date and Time Memory Buffers Error Handling Console Text Window Events

Direct Memory Access Direct Mouse Access Direct Keyboard Access Code Resource Modules A - Runtime Error Messages B - Compiler Error Messages

Sound

Command Summary:
Beep
SoundLoad var, ResourceID
SoundUnload SndID
SoundPlay SndID

Function Summary:
var = SoundPlaying( SndID )
var = IsSound( )

 

Beep

This command will play the default System Alert sound.

 

SoundLoad var, ResourceID

This command loads a sound resource in to memory. It is then ready for use with the SoundPlay command.

var - This should be a numeric variable that will contain a value representing the SndID that should be used to reference the sound resource being opened. This variable will equal a -1 if an error occurs.

ResourceID - This should be a numeric expression that contains a value that is used to reference a sound resource to load from a file.

 

SoundUnload SndID

This command unloads a sound resource from memory.

SndID - This should be a numeric expression that contains a value that is used to reference a sound resource

 

SoundPlay SndID

This command plays a sound resource previously loaded in to memory with the SoundLoad command.

SndID - This should be a numeric expression that contains a value that is used to reference a sound resource

 

var = SoundPlaying( SndID )

This function returns a one (1) if the sound resource specified is currently being played or a zero (0) if it is not being played.

SndID - This should be a numeric expression that contains a value that is used to reference a sound resource

 

var = IsSound ( )

This function returns a result to indicate whether sound manager is installed.