General Commands SECTION 6 Functions and Methods
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Typical Example
PlayOLE("ole_1",0)
The object 'ole_1' is played using its primary verb.
6-3-3 DisplayPicture
Description
Reload a picture for a Picture object.
Syntax
returnstate = DisplayPicture("objectname", filename)
Remarks
Typical Example
DisplayPicture("Bitmap_1","C:\Application\Floorplan1.
bmp")
The object "Bitmap_1" will load and display the Floorplan1 bitmap.
DisplayPicture("Bitmap_2", txtFileName)
The object "Bitmap_2" will load and display the file name stored in txtFileName
text point.
6-3-4 PlaySound
Description
Plays a Windows .WAV sound file using the standard Windows sound channel
and Sound Card driver.
Syntax
returnstate = PlaySound("soundfile")
Remarks
Typical Example
PlaySound("c:\noise.wav")
The soundfile "c:\noise.wav" is played.
6-3-5 Rand
Description
Returns a random integer, between 0 and the specified limit.
Syntax
Argument Type Description
returnstate bool Returnstate is '1' if the function is successful, or
'0' otherwise.
objectname string The identifier of the bitmap object with a to be
loaded and displayed
filename string The filename of the bitmap to be displayed.
This can be a constant (inside quotes) or a text
point.
Argument Type Description
returnstate bool Returnstate is '1' if the function is successful, or
'0' otherwise.
soundfile string Path of sound file to be played.