I am looking for a way to call upon a random sound file from a directory? mainly so that when I sign in, I want it to play a different song? it can either open the song or play the song.

Also is there a script out there that has something that has a random message for the day toast displayer, cos I think I would use one of these.

Use the random function (in jscript) to get a number and use the if condition to play a different file.

This of course works only if you know the file names. Or you could do search the directory and store all its files in an array and then generate a random number (using jscript) and use it as the subscript of the array giving you a random file to everytime

ok, so as in if i had the files named 1.mp3, 2.mp3, 3.mp3 and so on, how would i write this?

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Originally posted by Vexor
ok, so as in if i had the files named 1.mp3, 2.mp3, 3.mp3 and so on, how would i write this?

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You could always make a windows media player playlist and always have shuffle on...

Ok that didnt help, I was looking for a way to do it so that when ever i signed into WLM it would play a random sound, but it doesnt matter.

Ah, you should have said "sound" then not "music" But it's possible I think. You just need to find a way of playing the sound Follow -dt-'s advice and google it, it should be pretty well known

Cloudy

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Originally posted by cloudhunter
Ah, you should have said "sound" then not "music" But it's possible I think. You just need to find a way of playing the sound Follow -dt-'s advice and google it, it should be pretty well known

Cloudy

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http://www.pageresource.com/jscript/jrandom.htm
first result ffs

Ok then, I tried this from a while ago when i went to that site, and this is what i came up with.

and no surprises, but I cannot get it to work. it is simple, but well I hope it will get me started in loading random things from scripts.

any ideas how i can make this work?

I tried everything "I" can think of.

code:

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function getaSound()
{
   var whichsound=get_random();

    var quote=new Array(2)
     quote[0]="Chimes.WAV";
     quote[1]="Ding.WAV";
  }
 
function OnEvent_ChatWndCreated(ChatWnd)
{
var ChatWndContacts = ChatWnd.Contacts;
if(ChatWndContacts.Count == 1)
{
var e = new Enumerator(ChatWndContacts);
var Contact = e.item();
{
MsgPlus.DisplayToastContact(Messenger.MyName , "Has Just Opened A Window With" , Contact.Name , getaSound );

}
}
}

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quote:

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Originally posted by Vexor
Ok then, I tried this from a while ago when i went to that site, and this is what i came up with.

and no surprises, but I cannot get it to work. it is simple, but well I hope it will get me started in loading random things from scripts.

any ideas how i can make this work?

I tried everything "I" can think of.

code:

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function getaSound()
{
   var whichsound=get_random();

    var quote=new Array(2)
     quote[0]="Chimes.WAV";
     quote[1]="Ding.WAV";
  }
 
function OnEvent_ChatWndCreated(ChatWnd)
{
var ChatWndContacts = ChatWnd.Contacts;
if(ChatWndContacts.Count == 1)
{
var e = new Enumerator(ChatWndContacts);
var Contact = e.item();
{
MsgPlus.DisplayToastContact(Messenger.MyName , "Has Just Opened A Window With" , Contact.Name , getaSound );

}
}
}

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code:

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function getaSound()
{
   var whichsound=get_random();

    var quote=new Array(2)
     quote[0]="Chimes.WAV";
     quote[1]="Ding.WAV";
     return quote[whichsound];
}

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How do i get my other function to open that command? as in from the

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MsgPlus.DisplayToastContact(Messenger.MyName , "Has Just Opened A Window With" , Contact.Name , sound[whichsound]);

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code:

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function getaSound(){
var whichsound=get_random();
var sound=new Array(2)
  sound[0]="CHIMES.WAV";
  sound[1]="LeaveMeAlone.mp3";
return sound[whichsound];
}

function OnEvent_ChatWndCreated(ChatWnd){
var ChatWndContacts = ChatWnd.Contacts;
if(ChatWndContacts.Count == 1)
{
  var e = new Enumerator(ChatWndContacts);
  var Contact = e.item();
  {
   MsgPlus.DisplayToastContact(Messenger.MyName , "Has Just Opened A Window With" , Contact.Name , "");
   getaSound();
  }
}
}

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what's get_random() anyway ? to generate a random number you have to use Math.Random() ... unless you created a function to do this and named it get_random(), but as you didn't post them I have to ask

then, you don't use sound[whichsound] again in the toast, you first call the function and assign the result to a variable, which already contains the filename. Something like this:

code:

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var fileName = getaSound();
MsgPlus.DisplayToastContact(Messenger.MyName , "Has Just Opened A Window With" , Contact.Name , fileName);

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code:

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MsgPlus.DisplayToastContact(Messenger.MyName , "Has Just Opened A Window With" , Contact.Name , "sounds\"+fileName);

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code:

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function get_random(){
var ranNum=Math.floor(Math.random()*2);
return ranNum;
}

function getaSound(){
var whichSound=get_random();

var sound=new Array(2)
sound[0]="CHIMES.WAV";
sound[1]="LeaveMeAlone.mp3";
alert(sound[whichSound]);
}

function OnEvent_ChatWndCreated(ChatWnd){
var ChatWndContacts = ChatWnd.Contacts;
if(ChatWndContacts.Count == 1)
{
  var e = new Enumerator(ChatWndContacts);
  var Contact = e.item();
  {
   var fileName = getaSound();
   MsgPlus.DisplayToastContact(Messenger.MyName , "Has Just Opened A Window With" , Contact.Name , fileName);
  }
}
}

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code:

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function getaSound(){
var whichSound=get_random();

var sound=new Array(2)
sound[0]="CHIMES.WAV";
sound[1]="LeaveMeAlone.mp3";
alert(sound[whichSound]);
}

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code:

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function getaSound(){
var whichSound=get_random();

var sound=new Array(2)
sound[0]="CHIMES.WAV";
sound[1]="LeaveMeAlone.mp3";
return sound[whichSound];
}

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