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I would like to trigger a sound via PlaySound() from the main script of a page.

The help file says that I can add sounds via the "additional resources" tab in the properties dialog of the page or the publication.
Unfortunately I cannot find this tab in the properties dialog boxes. Maybe because it is a HTML5 publication?

Is there another way to add sounds that can be triggered from a script?

Thanks in advance for your help.

You can tap directly in the HTML5 audio element with JavaScript.



Note, that the play function belongs to JavaScript not Opus and therefore uses the lowercase 'p'. The Opus editor will auto-correct - so make sure to change it back.

Additionally, if you wish to use the audio as a publication resource rather than a page resource you will need to define myAudio as a publication variable.

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Great! Thanks a lot for your help

It seems that I do something wrong: I have used the code as above. Instead of 'music.mp3' I have used 'click30_snap.mp3' for example.
Unfortunately I always get an error message "Undefined identifier 'Audio'" in the script console.

Mack, do you have an idea what causes this?

Audio is a JavaScript object. You cannot test JavaScript using Opus HTML5 preview.

In practice, it is a bad habit to use preview for any Opus HTML5 testing - you should always publish and view in a browser and occasional check in other browsers for compatibility differences.

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