Play Sound in Background

[MelJ]

Is is possible to have a script play a sound in a container field without having to go to the layout where the sound is stored? I've figured out how to have a script play the sound but not without changing to the layout where the field is.

I would like to be able to play a particular sound when I have a custom dialog appear.

Thanks for the knowledge,

Mel

[Mandu]

The only I've come up with is to make the field very small, and give it no fill color and no outline to make it invisible. The way I play it is:

Go to Field[select/Perform; Resources::g_Audio]

Go to Next Field

Go to Field[...] will cause my "invisible" field to become visible, so I use Go to Next Field to get myself out of the container field, allowing it to become invisible again. It's less than ideal.

Are you playing a Quicktime file? Or have you figured out a way to play an externally-recorded sound file?

[MelJ]

Actually, after much research last night, I found a plug-in that does it perfectly. 24U Simple Sound. Extremely easy to use and you don't have to deal with hiding fields, bringing them to the foreground, etc.

I know allot of folks in this forum don't like using plug-ins but I've fond them to be my saving grace!

Sometimes Filemaker just won't do what you need it to without having to spend endless hours trying to find a "work around".

Thanks allot for your response!

Mel

[Mandu]

Thanks! Exactly what I needed.