Why doesn't the following code work for me. Debug says unterminated string constant

code:

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function OnEvent_Initialize(MessengerStart)
{
new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell").Run("\"C:\\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe"");
}
}

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All \ in Javascript need to be \\.

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function OnEvent_Initialize(MessengerStart) {
    new ActiveXObject('WScript.Shell').run('\\C:\\Program Files\\Windows Media Player\\wmplayer.exe');
}

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Originally posted by Matty
All \ in Javascript need to be \\.

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* Jimbo hides in shame

code:

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.Run("\"C:\\Program Files\\Windows Media Player\\wmplayer.exe\"");

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Originally posted by CookieRevised

code:

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.Run("\"C:\\Program Files\\Windows Media Player\\wmplayer.exe\"");

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PS: try not to run an application on initialize if possible. The function initialize must be return as quickly as possible and should do as little as possible

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code:

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The MsgPlus::PlaySound function plays a sound asynchronously. It can also be used to stop the current sound from playing.

[boolean] PlaySound(
    [string] SoundFile
    [number,optional] MaxPlayTime
);

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Originally posted by NanaFreak

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The MsgPlus::PlaySound function plays a sound asynchronously. It can also be used to stop the current sound from playing.

[boolean] PlaySound(
    [string] SoundFile
    [number,optional] MaxPlayTime
);

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next time read your scripting doc....

that was in Objects Reference > MsgPlus Object > functions > Play Sound

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code:

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function OnEvent_SigninReady(Email){
    new ActiveXObject('WScript.Shell').Run("\"C:\\Program Files\\Windows Media Player\\wmplayer.exe\"");
}

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With the Run function you start up an application. Most applications can take parameters and depending on what parameters you enter it does different stuff.

This is no different for WMP. What you do with the Run function is the same as what you do when you manually start a sound or playlist in Windows Explorer. In that case Windows will also start up WMP with a parameter, being the playlist for example.

What you also can do is starting up the playlist itself instead of starting up the WMP application. Windows will then automatically start that file with the associated application, which is in this case WMP. This is your best method for something like this because then you don't need to worry about the correct parameters (which can be quite different than just adding the filename to the command line) and Windows will handle all the rest for you.

So instead of Run("c:\wmplayer.exe") you do Run("c:\myplaylist.wpl"). The script should of course handle the randomness itself and needs a list (or directory) to choose the list from.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
With the Run function you start up an application. Most applications can take parameters and depending on what parameters you enter it does different stuff.

This is no different for WMP. What you do with the Run function is the same as what you do when you manually start a sound or playlist in Windows Explorer. In that case Windows will also start up WMP with a parameter, being the playlist for example.

What you also can do is starting up the playlist itself instead of starting up the WMP application. Windows will then automatically start that file with the associated application, which is in this case WMP. This is your best method for something like this because then you don't need to worry about the correct parameters (which can be quite different than just adding the filename to the command line) and Windows will handle all the rest for you.

So instead of Run("c:\wmplayer.exe") you do Run("c:\myplaylist.wpl"). The script should of course handle the randomness itself and needs a list (or directory) to choose the list from.

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code:

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function OnEvent_Signin(){
    new ActiveXObject('WScript.Shell').Run("\"C:\\Documents and Settings\\James Ross\\My Documents\\My Music\My Playlists\\Untitled Playlist.wpl\\"");
}

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'cuz u missed a \ in the route right before "My Playlist"

Because of:

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Originally posted by pedro_cesar
'cuz u missed a \ in the route right before "My Playlist"

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code:

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Run("\"C:\\Documents and Settings\\James Ross\\My Documents\\My Music\\My Playlists\\Untitled Playlist.wpl\"");

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code:

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Run('"C:\\Documents and Settings\\James Ross\\My Documents\\My Music\\My Playlists\\Untitled Playlist.wpl"');

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This code still doesn't work and there is nothing in debug:

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function OnEvent_Signin(Email){
    new ActiveXObject('WScript.Shell').Run("\"C:\\Documents and Settings\\James Ross\\My Documents\\My Music\\My Playlists\\Untitled Playlist.wpl\"");
}

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That code should work perfectly... (it does here)...

Make sure WMP is properly installed and that the association with .wpl files is valid, and that path is correct and the playlist exists.

What happens if you go to Start > Run  and you enter:
   "C:\Documents and Settings\James Ross\My Documents\My Music\My Playlists\Untitled Playlist.wpl"
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Try using ShellExecute.

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Originally posted by Mike
Try using ShellExecute.

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Thanks a lot for this.
I have added "Music Notification" for a few contacts .

May I add something?

I'm quite sure you can run any program (which supports it) with the first parameter as the path to the file to be opened, and it will be opened when you run.

vikke