Resolved Play Sound During Task.Delay

[in_valparaiso]

I am using Task.Delay for a project I am working on, something I have not used before. Code below (thanks to jmcilhinney) looks similar to this:

public static async Task Typing(string text, Label lbl) {
lbl.Visible = true;
await Task.Delay((text.Length / 3) * 1000); // Average person types 3 characters a second. In doing this I can pause the average length of
// time to type the text being shown.
lbl.Visible = false
}

This works perfectly at pausing execution. What the pause does is makes a label visible which says a user is typing. After the delay, the label is hidden and execution proceeds.

Is there way that during the pause I would be able to play a wav file? During the pause I have a wav that sounds like someone is typing.

 

[jmcilhinney]

I haven't tested this but I would think that you should be able to create a SoundPlayer object and call Play or PlayLooping before calling Task.Delay. You can call Stop after Task.Delay.

 

[in_valparaiso]

That's exactly what I did, but the player stops when I reach Task.Delay

 

[in_valparaiso]

Hold off, I'm being seriously stupid. The software requires you be on the domain of the company I work for. Right now I am working from home and am remoted into my computer at work. If the sound is working, I wouldn't hear it at home. Duh!!!

 

[Skydiver]

Actually, that depends on your remote desktop client and if you checked the option to play sound locally or not. For example, in MSTCS.exe you get these options:

 

[in_valparaiso]

So confirmed sound is NOT working.

Here is the code I am using:

SoundPlayer snd = new SoundPlayer(Properties.Resources.typing);
lbl.Visible = true;
await Task.Delay((text.Length / 3) * 50);
snd.Stop();
lbl.Visible = false;

Any insight into what I am doing wrong?

 

[jmcilhinney]

Have you actually read the documentation for the SoundPlayer class? As far as I can see, you are required to load and play the sound in two separate steps, neither of which you are performing.

 

[in_valparaiso]

adding snd.Play(); resolved my issue. Thanks.