Re: beep
Re: beep
- Subject: Re: beep
- From: Ron Hunsinger <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:20:04 -0700
On Apr 29, 2011, at 10:34 AM, louie wrote:
> Hi all I am trying to change the beep sound when running a script.
> The below no workie.
> Thanks for any help.
>
> tell current application
> beep as "Tink"
> end tell
Try:
do shell script "/usr/bin/afplay '/System/Library/Sounds/Tink.aiff'"
You need the full, exact path to the sound file. If you know which beep you want at the time you write the script, hard code the full path in the script. If you won't know the "beep name" until runtime, you'll have to search for it in all the usual locations (~/Library/Sounds, /Library/Sounds, and /System/Library/Sounds), where it might appear with either a .aif or a .aiff filename extension. Something like:
property dirs : {path to home folder, path to startup disk, path to system folder}
property exts : {".aif", ".aiff"}
on playBeep(beepname)
set beeppath to missing value
repeat with aDir in dirs
repeat with anExt in exts
set fullPath to (aDir as string) & "Library:Sounds:" & beepname & anExt
tell application "Finder"
if exists alias fullPath then
set beeppath to fullPath
exit repeat
end if
end tell
end repeat
end repeat
if beeppath is not missing value then
set beeppath to quoted form of POSIX path of beeppath
do shell script "/usr/bin/afplay " & beeppath
end if
end playBeep
playBeep("Tink")
playBeep("Basso")
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