request: ding on chat

[ToddAndMargo]

Hi All,

When I am doing a support session, the users ignore me totally, until I call them on the phone. When I open a chat session, they never respond. (I have tried typing in "Free Food" and "Free Beer". Neither work.)

Would you please consider a "Ding" sound at the other end when I open a chat session. If the user does not respond, a "dinger" button would also be useful.

Many thanks,
-T

[JDaus]

Would you please consider a "Ding" sound at the other end when I open a chat session. If the user does not respond, a "dinger" button would also be useful.

yep, I agree with this one ... I can do it in autoit ... so i am guessing it can't be too hard

[Rudi De Vos]

On open added...
No button, this is a lof of code and extra message between viewer and server is not possible ( break compatibiliry with older version)

If no respons, just reopen chat window to ding-dong again...

http://www.uvnc.eu/download/winvnc_32_ding_dong.zip

This was the last request for 1057
We need to release 1057 and we can keep changing and adding thing until 2010

Is 1057 stable enough for next release ?

[JDaus]

fair enough rudi ... didn't think about backward compatability ... thanks for adding the ding

will test out the latest version ...

[aromo]

Is there a way to disable the Ding Dong function?

I give support to radio stations, and it's not a good thing to play sounds in their computers.

[pgmoney]

Is there a way to disable the Ding Dong function?

I give support to radio stations, and it's not a good thing to play sounds in their computers.

Would this work for you?

If the ding_dong.wav file exists in the current folder it plays. if you delete the file it's silent or you can change the wave to what you like.

Code changes below...

TextChat.cpp
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#include <Mmsystem.h>
BOOL PlayResource(LPSTR lpName)
{
//PGM     BOOL bRtn;
//PGM     LPSTR lpRes;
//PGM     HANDLE hRes;
//PGM     HRSRC hResInfo;
//PGM 
//PGM     /* Find the WAVE resource. */
//PGM     hResInfo= FindResource(hAppInstance,MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDR_WAVE1),"WAVE");
//PGM     if(hResInfo == NULL)
//PGM        return FALSE;
//PGM     /* Load the WAVE resource. */
//PGM 
//PGM     hRes = LoadResource(hAppInstance,hResInfo);
//PGM     if (hRes == NULL)
//PGM       return FALSE;
//PGM 
//PGM     /* Lock the WAVE resource and play it. */
//PGM     lpRes=(LPSTR)LockResource(hRes);
//PGM     if(lpRes==NULL)
//PGM       return FALSE;
//PGM 
//PGM     bRtn = sndPlaySound(lpRes, SND_MEMORY | SND_SYNC);
//PGM     if(bRtn == NULL)
//PGM       return FALSE;
//PGM 
//PGM     /* Free the WAVE resource and return success or failure. */
//PGM     FreeResource(hRes);
//PGM     return TRUE;

	char szWavFile[MAX_PATH]; //PGM 
	if (GetModuleFileName(NULL, szWavFile, MAX_PATH)) //PGM 
	{ // PGM 
		char* p = strrchr(szWavFile, '\\'); //PGM 
		*p = '\0'; //PGM 
		strcat(szWavFile,"\"); //PGM 
	} //PGM 
	strcat(szWavFile,"ding_dong.wav"); //PGM 
	if(::PlaySound(szWavFile, NULL, SND_APPLICATION | SND_FILENAME | SND_ASYNC | SND_NOWAIT)!= ERROR_SUCCESS) //PGM
		return FALSE; //PGM 
	else //PGM 
		return TRUE; //PGM 

}

WinVnc.rc
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/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// WAVE
//

//PGM IDR_WAVE1               WAVE                    "res\\ding_dong.wav"
#endif    // Dutch (Netherlands) resources
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

[JDaus]

If the ding_dong.wav file exists in the current folder it plays. if you delete the file it's silent or you can change the wave to what you like.

nice one PGM ... this should be the norm IMHO...

a way round it sounding (without having to compile sources ...) is to fire-up reshacker and delete the wav from the resources, and that will stop it ...

but make sure you test thouroughly before supplying to customers, as it may error if file cannot be found ...