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Originally Posted by Zero Tolerance

Good point .. hmm *thinks*, perhaps a user option in the chat preferences?

- Play Sound/Highlight Notification Upon User Posting New Message
- Play Sound/Highlight Notification Upon User Joining
- Don't play Sounds or Highlights

I think that would resolve it, everyone has the choice then

- Zero Tolerance

Good idea, I agree! Any plans on the ... official release date?

UPDATE ON SOUND

Well, I guess I am not that lucky. The sound is inconsistent. Some times we hear it, some times we do not. And when we hear it, the focus of the chat window is lost, and you have to reload it to continue typing in the Post Message box.

I tried a different approach, which required me to add a column in the vbchat_datastore table. The code is much simpler, and it appears as if it is working much better now. Unfortunatelly, no users are in the chat and I can rely only on my local tests.

I use the number of users in the chat, as a test for playing or not playing the sound.

Here is the code, if you care:

PHP Code:

$totalbefore=$DB_site->query_first("select d_numberofusers from    ".TABLE_PREFIX."vbchat_datastore where did='1'");

if ($totalbefore['d_numberofusers']==$total_users_in_room)
{
    $msg4='';
}
else
{
    if ($totalbefore['d_numberofusers']<$total_users_in_room)
    {
        $msg4="<embed src='sounds/Sound12.wav' autostart='true' loop='0' hidden='true'></embed>";

    }
    else
    {
        $msg4='';
    }
}

    $chat_upage .= "<tr><td>$msg4</td></tr></table>";
    
    $DB_site->query("update ".TABLE_PREFIX."vbchat_datastore set d_numberofusers = '{$total_users_in_room}' where did='1'");
    $playsound=0;
    
    eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('chat_iframe') . '");');
    
    exit;
    }

    // ---------------------------------------------------
    // End Main Chat Frame
    // --------------------------------------------------- 


The column d_numberofusers is where I store the number of users in the chat. Next time a refresh happens, I compare the actual number to the one stored. Unfortunatelly, this adds one more query , not a good thing, so if you can come up with a better approach, I'll follow you.

Rgds