Playwave

Playwave : CObj

The Playwave class is a convenient way to play back one or more wave items with the optional use of a dialog for user interaction.

Playwave Member Functions

The Playwave class has the following member functions. See CObj Member Functions for a list of functions implemented in the parent class.

Construct

Initializes the playback instance. If mode equals DIALOG a playback dialog box is created and displayed which contains a playback progress bar, a stop button and a pause button. If the wave item count is greater than one, also buttons to select the next/previous wave item and to repeat playback of the current wave item are displayed.

Usage:

construct mode ; count

Parameters:

mode

The dialog mode. The following values are supported:

DIALOG - A dialog displays the playback progress.

NODIALOG - Playback uses no visual aid.

count

The number of wave items.

Result:

0 for success and 1 for error

Destruct

Deletes the playback dialog (if created) and cleans up the internal items.

Usage:

Destruct

Result:

none

DoDialog

See the Playwave member function DoPlay for details.

DoPlay

Plays the specified wave item wave. If the dialog was created, the playback progress is displayed and the dialog can be used to stop playback and select the next or previous wave item, or repeat the current one. The user of the Playwave class must then act upon the returned index and play back the corresponding wave item with another call to DoPlay.

Usage:

DoPlay wave ; index ; text

DoDialog wave ; index ; title

Parameters:

wave

The name of the wave item to be played.

index

The index of this wave item (0 <= index < count).

title

The dialog window caption.

Result:

The index of the next wave item to be played or -1 for error / end.

Playwave Static Functions

The PlayWave class supports the following static functions:

PlayWave

Playback one or more WAVE or XWAVE items. Note that a dialog is displayed during playback.

Usage:

PlayWave waveItem|xWaveObject ; text

Parameters:

waveItem

The wave item to play. See the shell item WAVE for details.

xWaveObject

The xWaveObject to play. See XWAVE for details.

text

The text to display in the play dialog.

Usage:

PlayWave simpleTable

Parameters:

simpleTable

A simple shell table. Each entry with the following format is then played:

waveItem|xWaveObject ; text

Examples:

Playback a wave signal from disk.

#xwave := xwave 'd:\data\audio\test.wav'
if '$#xwave[?]' != 'instance' em -1 ; Failed to create the xwave item.
PlayWave $#xwave

Note that in the case of an XWAVE object, the XWAVE member function play can be used instead.

#xwave := xwave 'd:\data\audio\test.wav'
if '$#xwave[?]' != 'instance' em -1 ; Failed to create the xwave item.
$#xwave play