Playing Sounds through PCDMIS

[Underspec]

Looking to implement sound files into programs...

I haven't really researched it yet, I wanted to know from you guys if it's possible and easy to do.

[John Kingston]

I've done it. Insert / external object . When I get a minute I'll post a section of a program. Just like adding a picture, if you've done that.

[Schrocknroll]

Insert a wave file as an external object. Then don't forget to mark it. You'll have to look under the help file to see how to mark it. There are several options on how it is marked.

[Matthew D. Hoedeman]

Use this link to make TEXT-TO-SPEACH files, they are fun to insert into programs. You can use whatever 'text' you want and there are several voices as well.

http://public.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php

[Paul Sarrach]

Matt, how do you insert them?

[J Temmen]

Paul, You insert it as a print object.

Matt, Is there a way to close windows media player after the wave file finishes playing?

[Paul Sarrach]

Dont get it. I have never inserted a print object. I looked in the help, no help.
A little more detail for my limited mind. Do you have a copy of something you did?

Thanks
Paul

[Underspec]

you create a batch file (xxxxx.bat) and in it you type in, ( start c:\blah\blah.wav) or .jpg if you want to show a picture.

you then call out the batch file using the external command.

[russ.griffith]

This is great! I love it. I am going to have some fun with the tool room, I can't wait for them all to huddle around the computer screen waiting for the part program to finish

[J Temmen]

you create a batch file (xxxxx.bat) and in it you type in, ( start c:\blah\blah.wav) or .jpg if you want to show a picture.

you then call out the batch file using the external command.

Can you nsend me a copy of the batch file ,I can't seem to get it to work. Thanks

[Paul Sarrach]

Somethings make me feel like a real moron. This is one of them. How do you make a .bat file?

[Matthew D. Hoedeman]

Open a DOS COMMAND window, type in EDIT THIS.BAT and you will then be able to type in the commands you want the batch file to run.

---OR---

I think you can do it by right-clicking in the folder you want the file in, tell it to create a new TXT file, open and edit it and save it, then rename it THIS.BAT (or whatever THIS will be), and run it.

[Matthew D. Hoedeman]

Open MEDIA player and de-select WAV files as one of it's default file types, then meadis player shouldn't even open, it should just run 'inside' Pcdmis.

[Simon_Fuller]

HI
As Russ says you could have great fun with this but how do you get it to close and carry on with the prog?

[J Temmen]

It must be my turn to play the town fool, I need examples of what either the pc-dmis program code used to start the wav file directly and/or an example batch file. I are not gettin' it.