VisualNEO Win Help

Purpose:

Play an animation file created with VisualNEO Win’s NeoToon utility.

Category:

Multimedia

Syntax:

PlayCartoonFile "start x" "start y" "end x" "end y" "file name" "times" "delay" "mode"

start x, start y, end x, end y

The screen coordinates where the animation will begin and end. The animation will travel between the two points. Coordinates are relative to the upper left corner of the publication window’s.

file name

The name of the cartoon file (CAR) to play.

times

The number of times the animation will cycle between the start and end points.

delay

Number of milliseconds to pause between each frame.

mode

One of the following:

You can use the StopMedia Action to halt a cartoon in progress.

Example:

The following example plays a cartoon file that follows a trajectory from the top left of the publication to the lower right:

PlayCartoonFile "10" "10" "630" "470" "c:\samples\fish.car" "30" "25" "Normal"

You can create a cartoon file that remains stationary (does not follow a trajectory) by making the start and end coordinates the same. For example:

PlayCartoonFile "25" "10" "25" "10" "c:\samples\fish.car" "30" "25" "Loop"

Purpose:

Play a digital audio (WAVE) or music (MIDI) sound file.

Category:

Multimedia

Syntax:

PlaySoundFile "file name" "mode"

file name

The name of the sound file to play.

mode

One of the following:

You can use the StopMedia Action to halt a sound in progress.

Example:

PlaySoundFile "c:\windows\media\ding.wav" "Loop"

Purpose:

Play a video (AVI/MPEG/etc.) file.

Category:

Multimedia

Syntax:

PlayVideoFile "left" "top" "width" "height" "file name" "mode"

left, top

The coordinates of the video’s left, top corner relative to the publication window. To center the video on the screen, enter “-1” for both.

width, height

The desired with and height of the video. Substitute “-1” for both to use the video’s actual dimensions.

file name

The name of the video file to play.

mode

One of the following:

You can use the StopMedia Action to halt a video in progress.

Example:

PlayVideoFile "-1" "-1" "-1" "-1" "c:\samples\sales.avi" "Wait"

Purpose:

Stop a currently playing media file (sound, video or animation).

Category:

Multimedia

Syntax:

StopMedia "file name"

file name

The name of the media file to stop. Leave file name blank to stop all playing media. Use “Sound” instead of a file name to stop all audio (WAV, MID) files or “Video” to stop all video (AVI, CAR, etc.) files.

Example:

StopMedia "c:\sounds\frogs.wav"

Purpose:

Send a command to the Windows Media Control Interface (MCI). This Action provides high-level access to multimedia devices attached to your computer. (See PlaySoundFile and PlayVideoFile for alternative methods of playing multimedia files.)

Category:

Multimedia

Syntax:

MCICommand "command string"

command string

A formatted MCI command string. Possible MCI commands include:

Play filename/device {start position} {stop position}
Pause device
Stop device
Open device/filename {alias}
Close device
Seek device position
Record device
Save device filename
Set device {function}

Device indicates the type of multimedia player the command is intended for. Items surrounded in braces { } are optional.  For more information about MCI commands, refer to the Windows SDK documentation available from Microsoft.

If the MCICommand is successful, the global variable [MCIResult] will contain a 0 (zero), otherwise [MCIResult] will contain an error number.

Example:

The following example plays a simple wave file and displays an AlertBox if an error occurs:

MCICommand "play c:\windows\media\ding.wav"
If "[MCIResult]" "<>" "0"
  AlertBox "Error" "An error occurred: [MCIResult]"
EndIf

This example plays the sixth track on an audio CD:

MCICommand "open cdaudio"
MCICommand "set cdaudio time format tmsf"
MCICommand "play cdaudio from 6 to 7"

This example plays an AVI video in a window:

MCICommand "open demo.avi alias avi1"
MCICommand "play avi1 wait window"
MCICommand "close avi1"

Purpose:

Play a tone (specified in Hertz) using the internal PC speaker.

Category:

Multimedia

Syntax:

PlayTone "frequency"

frequency

The frequency in Hertz of the tone to play. Middle “C” is approximately 440 Hertz.

Example:

PlayTone "440"

Purpose:

Play an error-type tone on the internal PC speaker.

Category:

Multimedia

Syntax:

SoundBuzzer

Example:

SoundBuzzer

Purpose:

Play a default system sound defined in the Windows Registry. System sounds can vary from computer to computer since Windows allows users to customize these settings to suit their individual tastes. These sounds may be changed using the Windows Control Panel.

Category:

Multimedia

Syntax:

SystemSound "sound type"

Sound type

One of the following:

SystemDefault, SystemAsterisk, SystemExclamation, SystemStop or SystemQuestion.

Example:

SystemSound "SystemExclamation"

Purpose:

Get the speaker volume level for a specific device. Windows provides separate volume controls for each audio device. Device types that can be accessed with this Action include: Digital Audio (Wave), Musical Instrument (Midi), CD, Line Input (LineIn), Microphone, Auxiliary (AUX) and Master Volume (Master).

Category:

Multimedia

Syntax:

GetVolume "device" "variable"

device

The name of an audio device: Wave, Midi, CD, LineIn, Microphone, Aux or Master.

variable

The name of the variable to store the device volume. The volume level retuned will be between 0 (off) and 255 (maximum).

Example:

GetVolume "WAVE" "[Vol]"

Purpose:

Set the speaker volume level for a specific device. Windows provides separate volume controls for each audio device. Device types that can be controlled with this Action include: Digital Audio (Wave), Musical Instrument (Midi), CD, Line Input (LineIn), Microphone, Auxiliary (AUX) and Master Volume (Master).

Category:

Multimedia

Syntax:

SetVolume "device" "volume level"

device

The name of an audio device: Wave, Midi, CD, LineIn, Microphone, Aux or Master.

volume level

The new volume level - a number between 0 (off) and 255 (maximum).

Example:

SetVolume "WAVE" "100"