Playing Custom Sounds For Scanning

Savatage

I read a post on the mircosoft website and it got me thinking.

Our warehouse does alot of scanning and when a package is closed I would like it to play a specific sound so they don't have to keep looking back at the screen to see if the order has been closed.

The sound is SOUND55.WAV which is from the Built In MS pinball game or something.

I added this code on
OnPush()
WMPlayer.openPlayer ('Mydrive:\MyDir\SOUND55.WAV');

Works fine But It pops the Windows Media Player Up and I just want the sound and I don't need WMP to POP in front of Navision & lose focus .

I tried the WMPlayer.ShowDisplay := FALSE;

AnimationAtStart := False
TransparentAtStart := False
ShowDisplay :=False

I get a NAv error when saving that Nav doesn't understand these params.

WMPlayer.close;
doesn't close anything?

Is there a parameter list or does anyone know how to get the sound only?

All the Params I could Find
http://www.w3schools.com/media/media_playerref.asp

Luc_VanDyck

Have a look at this download: Attain MP3 Player v1.1

Maybe you can look at the C/AL Code of that project to get you further.

Savatage

I have checked that out but It doesn't help me.

I just need a way to surpress the player and just get the sound.

I've tried a bunch of parameters but can't find the right one.

Savatage

I'll go with this until I can figure it out

BEEP(5000, 200);
BEEP(4000, 200);
BEEP(3000, 200);
BEEP(2000, 200);
BEEP(3000, 200);
BEEP(4000, 200);

Luc_VanDyck

Did you try:

autWMPlayer	OCX	Windows Media Player	

autWMPlayer.Open('YourFavoriteSong.mp3');

Alex_Chow

Hi Luc,

I think the problem is not playing the file in windows media player. The problem is that once the media player is open, the control does not switch back to Navision.

This is especially a problem when you're using a barcode scanner and want to play a .wav file to the user if an mistake is made, but want Navision to be active.

Harry, I've been trying to solve this problems too with our e-ship customers. Will let you know if I find a solution.

Savatage

That's exactly what I'm using it for - Eship.

I've made the changes on these Functions...

ClosePackage(PrintLabel : Boolean;ScaleWeight : 
BEEP(1000, 300);

OpenOrder() : Boolean
BEEP(1000, 300);

CloseOrder(PrintOrder : Boolean;ForceClose : Boolean)
BEEP(3000, 300);
BEEP(2000, 300);
BEEP(1000, 300);

Would be better to use real good noticable sounds instead of little beeps n' tings.

Yes, I can play the sound but I just want the sound without the whole WMP program getting in the way.

Luc_VanDyck

When I use the OPEN method, Navision does not lose focus. No Media Player is displayed, but the file get played.

Savatage

I use

Var:
WMPlayer - OCX - Windows Media Player

Code:
WMPlayer.openPlayer ('Mydrive:\MyDir\SOUND55.WAV');

When I switch it to "open" alone I get

you have specified an unknown Variable
Open

Win 2000 server - using WMP 9

Luc_VanDyck

I also use the OCX automation variable. The Custom Control List shows it uses C:\WINDOWS\system32\wmp.dll. And that dll has version number 10.0.0.4036.

So you probably need to install Windows Media Player 10.

Savatage

That seems to be a problem - you can't install ver 10 on win 2000 server - it only allows up to 9

Luc_VanDyck

I rest my case ;-)

Savatage

I'll see if I can add the wmp.dll from 10 to c:\windows\system32

and register that one too maybe rename it wmp10.dll or something.
](*,)

Alex_Chow

Hmm... I just downloaded the Windows Media player version 10, however, I still don't get the *.open function. I tried to re-register my custom controls, but still don't get the *.open function.

Luc, what version of Navision are you using?

Alex_Chow

Updated to version 10.0.0.4036, but still no *.open command.

I'm using Windows XP Professional for my OS.

Alex_Chow

Sorry about the spam guys, but I've finally figured it out.

There are actually 2 OCX controls that's registered so you have to be careful of which one you select.

The one that Harry and myself was using was:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wmp.dll
This OCX control only has the openPlayer method.

The one Luc was using was:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\msdxm.ocx
This OCX control has the open method available.

To get the C:\WINDOWS\system32\msdxm.ocx OCX control, I basically unregistered the existing C:\WINDOWS\system32\wmp.dll in Navision. Exited Navision, then re-register the wmp.dll file.

Afterwards, I get 2 OCX controls with Windows Media Player. One pointing to wmp.dll and the other one pointing to msdxm.ocx.

Savatage

Well that totally rulezzzzzz!

Alex_Chow

Does this topic deserve to be marked as [SOLVED]?

Savatage

Using the correct ocx allows windows 2000 server to play the sounds too - update to ver 10 was not necessary

aci

Windows Media Player is huge and takes time to load, so there is a delay before the sound plays. I have made a small DLL with VC++ 6.0 to play WAV files, it's only 32KB in size. You can download it from here, including the source code.

The DLL provides 2 methods:

1 - Play

Plays a WAV file immediately, if there was a sound playing already, it's stopped and then the new sound begins playing immediately.

PARAMETRS:

FileName: WAV file to play.
Wait: Set to FALSE if you want the function to return immediately without waiting for the sound to finish.


2 - Stop

Stops any sound that might still be playing. You are not required to call this function.

Please try it and let me know. I have already tested it with Windows 98 and XP.

Alex_Chow

Hmm... When my wav file was playing, I did not notice any delays... :?:

aci

In my XP machine, wmp.dll is 5.26 MB in size, this might take some time to load. Hard disk caching could make this faster, but it still larger than 32K. In addition to that, Windows does not load the entire DLL into memory, only parts of it; this depends on how the developers made the DLL, so how much of the DLL is loaded is uncertain. However, WMP contains a lot of code to handle different file formats, including video, when it's just sufficient to only use WAV files. In the DLL I made, I used only PlaySound() API call, which exists in Windows 95+ and does not require WMP. Feel free to modify the code to suit your needs.

Few months ago; in a grocery store, one cashier was scanning items too quickly and sometimes the beep sound is too late, so the cashier thinks the item was not scanned probably, so she scans it again, only to hear 2 successive beeps, so now she has to cancel one of scans to avoid double charging the customer. She had to work slower to allow the machine to catch up.

I am not sure what software they are using, but they seem to have upgraded their systems a year ago and they are using modern equipment with LCD touch screens and all that.

So this alternative DLL is suitable for those who want to play WAV files only with minimal system resources.

I plan to submit this DLL to the download section of mibuso, but I wanted to hear from others if they want any changes made to the DLL before submitting it...

Alex_Chow

Hey Harry, what was the sound file you ended up using? For us, we ended up using a high pitch WAV file so it can be heard even far away.

The file that gave the best results for us is:
http://www.talkingwav.com/wavs/beep_16.wav

Maybe you found something that's louder, higher pitch, and more annoying than this one?

Savatage

search your computer for SOUND999.wav

it's part of the pinball game that comes with windows

it tell us the order is closed & screen cleared

it's pretty loud - we need that for our warehouse because we have radios's playing, fans, misc noise. easily heard

Renamed:
http://savatage99.googlepages.com/SOUNDLONG.WAV

Savatage

Just to finish this off

Add to codeunit 14000746 at the bottom of GetScaleWeight

IF ScaleWeight = 0
THEN
 WMPlayer.Open ('"Your Drive"\SOUNDERROR.WAV');

http://savatage99.googlepages.com/SOUNDERROR.WAV

Luc_VanDyck

Thx Harry, for putting that right ... after 2 years ;-)

Savatage

Better Late than never 8)

Alex_Chow

Will this work if you don't use the scale?

Savatage

Haven't tested it but I'm sure before the system gets to that point in the code (since you will have to manually enter a weight if you don't use a scale) that it makes you put something in else errors out way before then.

I guess.. :-k

johanna

aci wrote: »

Windows Media Player is huge and takes time to load, so there is a delay before the sound plays. I have made a small DLL with VC++ 6.0 to play WAV files, it's only 32KB in size. You can download it from here, including the source code.

The DLL provides 2 methods:

1 - Play

Plays a WAV file immediately, if there was a sound playing already, it's stopped and then the new sound begins playing immediately.

PARAMETRS:

FileName: WAV file to play.
Wait: Set to FALSE if you want the function to return immediately without waiting for the sound to finish.


2 - Stop

Stops any sound that might still be playing. You are not required to call this function.

Please try it and let me know. I have already tested it with Windows 98 and XP.

Hi aci,

Thanks for sharing. But, how to use it in NAV?

Miklos_Hollender

Haha, I did exactly the same in 2006. We optimized the job on the factory shop floor so much that all the operator had is one huge field on screen to scan barcode into, and I gave out three short beeps, each higher than the other, trying to imitate R2 D2, when it was OK and one long bzzzzt nooope type low beep when it was wrong