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Is there an action to control the system audio on the pc?

I'd like to be able to mute someone's pc - and un-mute it.

I have a number of slides with voice. If I have a button to change the volume of the audio on one slide, I need to repeat this, with variables, on every slide.

So I hoped there was the simpler option of just muting the whole pc!

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Linda,

Just caught sight of this post whilst looking to solve an audio problem of my own. Here is how I would solve the problem.

//list number of the slide to mute in ascending order
txtSlidesToMute = "3 5 7 10 12 14 19 23 28 35 49 52 77";

//Splits the slide list into array
arrSlidesToMute = txtSlidesToMute.split(" ");

//Gets length of array
numLength = arrSlidesToMute.length

//Gets number of slides in slideshow
numSlides = Slideshow_1.GetSlideCount();

//Opens and plays the file
txtFileChosen = OpenSound("C:\\Users\\Paul\\Downloads\\Moonlight_Sonata_by_Beethoven.mp3");
txtFileChosen.Play();

//Loops through the slides
for (var i=0;i<numSlides;i++)
{
//Goes to slide number
Slideshow_1.GotoSlide(i);
//Assigns loop index to variable
numSlide = i;

//Loops through array to find match and sets sound to 0
for (var j = 0;j<numLength;j++)
{
//Compares slide number to array slide number and mutes audio
if (numSlide.toString() == arrSlidesToMute[j])
{


//Mutes audio and waits slide timing
txtFileChosen.SetVolume(0);
wait(3);

}


}

//Slide timing delay. If different for some slides use a variable and second array
wait(3);

//Rests audio to full volume
if (txtFileChosen.GetVolume() == 0)
{

txtFileChosen.SetVolume(100);

}

}

/*Linda, hope this helps. It worked fine on my single page slideshow. There may be more elegant solutions but this one works fine. I will retain it for use in the
multimedia program I am developing.

Regards
Paul Conway
*/

PPS:

Well, that was the scripted version! Your query referred to an action. I can't see one but there is a solution. Simply add two Key Pressed actions, e.g. 'Left' and 'Right' arrow keys and two script object to a page with the following code:

// Left arrow key pressed
soundFileVariable.SetVolume(0);
// Right arrow key pressed
soundFileVariable.SetVolume(100);

//The sound file continues to run with only the volume switched off and on as needed.


Paul