i'm trying to generate an appropriate error message for the following script:

Set Error Capture [On]

Go to Field [select/perform, "Container_with_audio"]

If ["Status(CurrentError) > 0"]

Show Message ["custom message"]

EndIf

if this script runs and the field contains data, but quicktime is not installed on a windows machine (and therefore no sound plays), this is not interpreted as an error. i've verified this by capturing Status(CurrentError) into a global field - the result is 0.

does anyone have an idea for a workaround?

I assume this is not registered as an error because the audio file is triggered without regard to whether or not the client has QT installed. Interesting.

I'm no expert, but I don't think FM natively has the capability to be probing the system to search for QT. Maybe there is DDE command that performs like a test/probe for QT?

Or maybe there is a 3rd party extension to test for it?

Last suggestion would be to have a global status box somewhere that the user can use to check off if he/she has QT, then use this global in any calcs BEFORE you fire a QT message?

Not too much help, I'm afraid. Good luck

thanks anyway - maybe i'll just add a small audiofile in a global and let the user click on it. have a dialog box pop up 'did you hear the tone?'. if th user clicks 'no', audio functions could be disabled until he tries again. something like that...