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#Want Sound Startup Util

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#165271From: Ernie GorrieSep 25, 1994 12:40 AM
I'm interested in knowing if anyone has the following kind of startup utility. I want to have my (WB21.04) A2000 play a randomly selected IFF sound file at startup from a specific directory. Right now I have a line in my user-startup file to play a specific file, but I would like to have some variety. Any suggestions? Usenet: Ernie_Gorrie@mindlink.bc.ca Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada
#165296From: Darron C. KnutsonSep 25, 1994 9:08 AM
Ernie, I wrote a very simple ARexx program that will play a sound file randomly selected from ny directory of sound files. If you'd like, I'll mail it you or post it. Darron
#165314From: Ernie GorrieSep 25, 1994 11:38 AM
I would love to have your ARexx script. I suspected someone had done it, but being an ARexx-boob myself, it was beyond me. (I know that many won't believe that, but it's true.) Usenet: Ernie_Gorrie@mindlink.bc.ca Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada
#165376From: Darron C. KnutsonSep 25, 1994 9:28 PM
Ernie, Okay, I'll send it to you tonight. It's pretty simple — I'm no ARexx guru either 8-{) — and is fairly self-documenting. Let me know if you have any problems or questions. The script just selects a sound file at random and passes its name to another program to play it, depending on the sound file's extension. Darron