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.bat music
Name: djas Date: August 14, 2004 at 06:36:08 Pacific OS: Windows XP Pro SP1 CPU/Ram: n/a
Comment:
is it possible to play music through .bat files using the .bat as a media player thanx
Name: BlueRaja Date: August 14, 2004 at 17:02:15 Pacific
Reply:
no, but it is possible to call an external media player (such as WinAmp or Windows Media Player) to play music.
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Response Number 2
Name: djas Date: August 15, 2004 at 02:49:03 Pacific
Reply:
what if a media player could be put into a .dll and the .bat calls that instead, would it work and if so how thanx
djas
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Response Number 3
Name: xboxking02 Date: August 15, 2004 at 04:24:37 Pacific
Reply:
you lost me at put a media player into a dll. what do you mean? and even if for somereason a media player got into a dll file(which is impossible) why would that change anything? it would still have to open in wiindows media player. the batch emulator on win xp nor dos are set to play music. inorder for them too they would need the codecs and a bunch of other support crap.
but you could always start the file hidden so that no one would know that media player is playing it instead of the batch (the one problem with that is when they quit the batch file the music will keep playing.) I'm not a batch or a dll person so I could be wrong.
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Response Number 4
Name: djas Date: August 15, 2004 at 05:31:19 Pacific
Reply:
thanx i was just playin around with ideas but the running the background thing sounds like it will do the trick. thanx
djas
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Response Number 5
Name: djas Date: August 15, 2004 at 05:36:21 Pacific
Reply:
one more thing, if a file was on a cd could you change the attributes to see it again or would it remain hidden(i have set up my pc to see hidden files anyway)
djas
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Response Number 6
Name: xboxking02 Date: August 15, 2004 at 20:33:03 Pacific
Reply:
What I meant by hidden is that you actully cant see the file when its launched using code inside of the batch file (you can find this at ericphelp.com) I didnt mean to set the attribute of it so the file would be hidden. changing the attributes would just mean that if the music was in the same folder no one would see it.
and to answer your question you cant change the attributes of something on a cd.
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Response Number 7
Name: djas Date: August 16, 2004 at 04:41:44 Pacific
Reply:
thanx you answered both my questions because i wanted to have both, the file sttribute hidden as well as playing hidden thanx again
djas
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Response Number 8
Name: djas Date: August 16, 2004 at 04:44:21 Pacific
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sorry but the site you gave doesn't work can you give another thanx
djas
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Response Number 9
Name: xboxking02 Date: August 19, 2004 at 22:05:31 Pacific
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