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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

Thanks!

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 return as quickly as possible and should do as little as possible. Instead use SignInReady or use a timer.

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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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Thanks cookie i've changed it to OnEvent_Signin, but is there anyway to make it play automatically as well?

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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



edit: sorry it wasnt what you wanted :/

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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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Thanks

EDIT: My code:

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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But what i want to do is when WMP runs i want to play a certain playlist and maybe even a random one each time it is run. Is this possible?

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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Thanks cookie, very useful as usual

Why doesn't this code work then?

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"