[AS3] Play sound on click of a button

[v_gyku]

I want to play a sound on click of a button. I can do this in AS 2.0

//Action Script 2.0

 
snd=new Sound();
snd.attachSound("try");
snd.start();

//Action Script 3.0

 
var snd:Sound = new Sound();
//what will come here, as .attachSound() is not there in AS 3.0
snd.play();

Thanks...

[v_gyku]

This works:

 
var snd:Sound = new Sound();
snd.load(new URLRequest("my.mp3"));
snd.play();

[pfzngn]

This works:

 
var snd:Sound = new Sound();
snd.load(new URLRequest("my.mp3"));
snd.play();

Is there a way to attach the sound file to a variable without having to load it externally? I'd rather not have my sound file floating around outside the swf, especially if i'm going to be using it quite often.

[tullstedt]

Is there a way to attach the sound file to a variable without having to load it externally? I'd rather not have my sound file floating around outside the swf, especially if i'm going to be using it quite often.

This might be an ugly solution, but aint it possible to place the sound on the first frame of a movieclip and play that mc on each click?

[zworp]

sound works just as movieclips, create a sound in the .fla, use the linkage dialog in teh library and set Class to: "MySound1"
then use it with:

var snd:MySound1= new MySound1();
snd.play();

should work..

[DesignerScott]

While scouring as3 forums lately there's something I've been noticing people don't understand:
Not everyone is compiling from Flash.
So just keep that in mind while you all try to be helpful.
P.S. sorry I can't help, I'm looking for the answer too. As well as some way to work with opentype fonts using code instead of linkage

[wintercat]

I also want to play sound at the click of a button, but am new to AS3 and don't know how to attach the above code to the actual button. I was wondering if someone could help me combine the following:

var snd:MySound1= new MySound1();
snd.play();

soundbutton_MC.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, soundbutton_Handler);

function soundbutton_Handler (e:MouseEvent):void {
// this is where I need to tell it to play the sound 
;
}

Thanks for your help!

[psych]

I also want to play sound at the click of a button, but am new to AS3 and don't know how to attach the above code to the actual button. I was wondering if someone could help me combine the following:

var snd:MySound1= new MySound1();
snd.play();

soundbutton_MC.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, soundbutton_Handler);

function soundbutton_Handler (e:MouseEvent):void {
// this is where I need to tell it to play the sound 
}

Thanks for your help!

Just put the snd.play() inside event handler:

var snd:MySound1= new MySound1();

soundbutton_MC.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, soundbutton_Handler);

function soundbutton_Handler (e:MouseEvent):void {
snd.play(); 
}

Should work if everything else is ok

[wintercat]

thanks so much psych... such a simple thing but it pointed me in the right direction and now I have lots of buttons all happily playing their soundbites

[psych]

You are welcome mate, glad i could help

[JSI]

Is it possible to use a Flash audio player like this, but have something like onClick send the actual MP3 file names to the player. I am trying to build a page with a single Flash MP3 player that would then use JavaScript onClick interactions. There would be several photos on each page and the users would just click on the photos to play a different sound for each one. My goal is to only have one Flash audio player that plays MP3 files and I have been trying to use FlashVars, but just can't seem to make the connection yet.

Just put the snd.play() inside event handler:

var snd:MySound1= new MySound1();

soundbutton_MC.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, soundbutton_Handler);

function soundbutton_Handler (e:MouseEvent):void {
snd.play(); 
}

Should work if everything else is ok

[Maupa]

Hi,
I just used this code to get my sound play and added some functions. On button press the sounds starts playing or stops. But once it reached the end I can't get the sound play again, just when I reenter the frame from a different one. Help would be great.

stop();

var sound:CCTVSound = new CCTVSound();
var soundChannel:SoundChannel;
var soundChannelPosition:Number = 0;
var playSound:Boolean = false; //this is what I thought should help to see if the end of the sound is reached to allow to play again, but don't know how to finish the code...

announcement_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, playAnn);

function playAnn(e:MouseEvent):void
{
    
    if (soundChannel == null)
    {
        soundChannel = sound.play(soundChannelPosition);
    }
    else
    {
        soundChannelPosition = soundChannel.position;
        soundChannel.stop();
        soundChannel = null;
    }
}