Mike Ghan wrote:
> Well this is tougher than one might think.

Well out of the mouths/keyboards of babes/newbies come ...;}

> I came up with a solution
> utilizing the PlaySound function instead of mciSendString. The
> PlaySound API specifies a synchronous mode which will only return
> after the wave file is completely played.

I wondered if it might but can't find my copy of Petzold since I moved
  last spring.

> It fails to mention that
> this only works if the API is called while there is a *visible*
> window. What should of been a single line change to your program
> became the following:
>
> [SNIP code representing a significant amount of work, thank you. ]

Now to see what happens in my conglomeration [ hate to call it a
system.] I'm writing some stuff in Scilab and finding its shell
commands can have strange quirks.

Thanks again.

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Received on Sun Dec 21 2003 - 12:04:15 PST