Action based on computer 'ding' system sound

[arobin4]

Hello forum:

I am wondering if the following is possible. Please weigh in. I need my code to take an action based on the 'ding' computer system sound. I have simplified the problem with sample code below using notepad.exe. Just launch Notepad first. (I commented out the If> statement)

WindowAction>1,Untitled - Notepad

Wait>1

SendText>hello world

Wait>1

WindowAction>3,Untitled - Notepad

MouseMoveRel>100,100

LDown

LDown

/*

If>there is a 'ding' sound
do something about it
EndIf

*/


Thanks!
Aaron

[Marcus Tettmar]

I'm not aware of any way to do this. Would it make more sense to try and detect what CAUSES the ding to sound?

[arobin4]

Thanks for replying Marcus. The application that I am sending mouse clicks to would unpredictably run slow sometimes. When this happens a dialog box appears and the message that appears in the dialog box isn't necessarily known ahead of time. The mouse clicks sent to the application during this state have no effect on the application because the dialog box is open. When in this state however, the "dings" are heard. This is why I was thinking that it would be really nice if MacroScheduler could detect this condition then take appropriate action to clear the message window before executing with the remainder of the code.

Aaron

[Phil Pendlebury]

Is there no area in your application that changes when clicked, for example?

Then you can take a screen grab of the "button" attempt to click it (or move over it) and if the button remains un-changed then the app is obviously unresponsive.

For example: Look at the "Forums" button at the top of this page. Look what happens when you place the mouse over it. If the browser was unresponsive that would not happen and the button would remain the same.

[arobin4]

Hello Phil,
Yes there is and this is the approach I ultimately decided to take. Thanks for your input!

Aaron