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PlaySound() API fuction control?

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From: Jeff Douglass
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 19:12
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I have a BCB 5 app that when a condition occures plays a .wav file every
second to notify the user that the condition has occured. It continues this
untill the user acknowledges the condition via a menu item. It is
implemented by placing the PlaySound() call inside the Ontimer event of a
TTimer componenet with the interval set to 1000. Easy enough. Here is the
problem. Sometimes, due to the app doing something else like loading a form
with data the trigger interval is inconsistant which results in the sound
getting played with a second and a half interval followed by a half second
interval. I am looking for a way to make the interval more reliable so no
mater what is going on the sound is played every second. I thought about
moving the PlaySound call to a seperate thread that has a higher priority
than the actual app, but wanted to get some feedback and other ideas from
other people. Thanks for any advice.

Jeff
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