A media player control for custom sounds

[Frits]

To configure a custom sound, the MediaPlayer custom control can be used to play any MP3 media file or other sound file. There are a few steps to use this control:

1. Download the control here: mediaplayer files
2. Go to the “plugins” folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Adroit Technologies\Adroit\SmartUI\plugins (there is a similar folder for MAPS installs)
3. Create a “MediaPlayer” folder in the plugins folder and copy the files in there:
   
   
4. Add the control in the Designer toolbox, by right clicking on the toolbox and selecting “Add Controls”:
   
   
   
5. Drop the control on to a form:
   
6. Drive the media player control via it’s properties:
   

The “MusicFileToOpen” property must include the FULL PATH TO THE FILE i.e. C:\MYSOUNDS\FILE.MP3 or something similar.

If the “StartPlaying” property is set to True, it will start playing the media file.

[Frits]

The source code for this control can be downloaded here:

media player source

Please note that this is an unsupported control and is used as an example of using custom controls inside the Smart UI.

[mcelliers]

To Add Code in your Graphic Form To Play a sound when there are Unacked Alarms, you can use the following C# Code

Add the MediaControl as per above and set the Visibility Proppery to false.
Add the full path name of the sound file to the MusicFileToOpen Property.
( Choose a sound file that is less than 2 seconds long)

Add a timer control. and Set the Following Properties
name = timAlarm
Enabled = true
Interval = 2000 ( or the amount of time you want the sound to repeat)

Create a graphic Form Event Handler by Double-clicking on the Timer Control.
Add the name of the function “playSoundOnAlarm();” in the Tick event Function:

private void timAlarm_Tick(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
	playSoundOnAlarm();
}


private void playSoundOnAlarm()
		{
			try
			{
				string tagName = "Adroit.Alarm.defaultAlarmAgent.numAlarmsUnacked";
				DataElement a1 = VIZNET.Shared.DataElements.Engine.DataElementEngine.NewDataElement(tagName);
				DataElementCollection dec = VIZNET.Shared.DataElements.Engine.DataElementEngine.NewDataElementCollection();
				dec.Add(a1);
				MethodReturnInfo info = MyConnection.ReadDataElements(dec);
				int UnackedAlarms = 0;

				DataElementCollection collectionReturned = info.ReturnObject as DataElementCollection;
				foreach (DataElement de in collectionReturned.Values)
				{
					UnackedAlarms = Convert.ToInt32(de.Value);
				}

				if (UnackedAlarms > 0)
				{
					mediaControl.StartPlaying = true;
				}
				
			}
			catch (Exception ex)
			{
			   
			}
		}

[henkc]

I updated the controls with RepeatSound and RepeatInterval properties. If you set the RepeatSound property to true and the RepeatInterval to the 5000 milliseconds then the sound will repeat every 5 seconds.
Controls:
UpdatedSmartUIMediaPlayer.zip (112.6 KB)

SourceCode:
Updated smartuimediaplayer.zip (654.1 KB)

**The default values on the controls are set to repeat the sound every 2500 milliseconds or 2.5 seconds

[DiegoA]

A new rebuilt version for Adroit 10.0.5.x can be found here:

SmartUIMediaPlayer.zip (116.7 KB)

NB: Please be aware this is an unofficial and unsupported control.