No sound plays in iPad with "beep" command

[rleiman]

I tried to get a sound to play on an iPad using this lesson:

http://lessons.runrev.com/s/lessons/m/4 ... ios-device

and used the following code in the "Beep" button after importing the sound file according to the lesson:

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on mouseUp
   set the beepsound to specialFolderPath("engine") & "/mysound.mp3"
   beep
end mouseUp

No sound is heard even with the iPad volume turned up to maximum.

Is the lesson correct?

Thanks.

[Dixie]

The syntax is correct... but try using an .aiff file instead of type mp3.

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on mouseUp
   set the beepSound to specialFolderPath("engine") & "/shortbeep.aiff"
   beep
end mouseUp

Make sure that you have copied the sound file into the stack using the 'copy files' pane in 'standalone application settings'.

be well

Dixie

[rleiman]

Hi Dixie,

Thanks for the reply. Since I had only mp3 files I found the "Play" command.

I was able to get it working with the "Play" command using it like this:

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on mouseUp
   play specialFolderPath("engine") & "/mysound.mp3"
end mouseUp

[Klaus]

Hi Emad,

since you may use this more than once, you could write a little handler for your "custom beep"
and put it into the stackscript like this:

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on myBeep
   play specialFolderPath("engine") & "/mysound.mp3"
end myBeep

Now you can call it from every object/card etc. :

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on mouseup
   myBeep
end mouseup

Best

Klaus

[rleiman]

Thanks very much Klaus.

Very helpful.