The dictionary for v1.0.5 has two commands: "play" and "stop". So "play sound" is incorrect..
It sounds to me as though you may have another application called "play sound" that is mistakenly being invoked. What does Sherlock say? -- Microsoft MVP for Entourage/OE/Word (MVPs are volunteers) Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Entourage FAQ site: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> AppleScripts for Outlook Express and Entourage: <http://members.thinkaccess.net/allenwatson@;thinkaccess.net/Scripts/> Entourage Help Pages: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> > From: Mr Tea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 11:46:52 +0000 > To: Entourage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Getting Entourage to recognize new sounds > > This from Thomas England - dated 07�11�02 10.10 am: > >> Well, my troubles with this continue. I was using Play Sound, v. 1.0.3, so I >> downloaded 1.0.5 and this script compiles: >> >> tell application "Play Sound" >> play alias "R:System:Library:Sounds:Blow.aiff" >> end tell >> >> "R" being my Hard Drive partition. However, when I ask it to run, I get the >> error message that the "play message" is not being understood. > > Shouldn't that be 'play sound alias "R:System:Library:Sounds:Blow.aiff"'? > > Play Sound behaves pretty well for me. I usually put the alias for the sound > file in a property at the top of the script, and wrap the Play Sound tell > block in an 'ignoring application responses' block so that the sound plays > concurrently while the script moves on. > > HTH > > Mr Tea > > > -- > To unsubscribe: > <mailto:Entourage-Talk-Off@;lists.letterrip.com> > archives: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> > old-archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:Entourage-Talk-Off@;lists.letterrip.com> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
