Re: MIA, Ask an Expert: start an objects program

["Daniel Ajoy" <da.ajoy@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:06:47 -0500, Boyd, Ronald <Ronald.Boyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

> The idea was to put code in the Zapped instruction that while the music ants 
> was on the action zapped would be stopped. However we keep getting this error
> 
> get does not like ants as input in zapped


Reading the following, it seems that you should place the music hidden in the 
page, Not in the backpack:

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 Should you import sound and music files into your pages or inside backpacks?

Creating or importing audio objects also creates a MicroWorlds EX command that 
plays the media. For example, if you import a music clip named Chopin you can 
use the word chopin as a command to play the music.

If the sound, music or melody object is embedded inside a turtle's backpack 
and does not exist as a stand-alone icon on a page, only the turtle who owns 
the backpack in which the object is embedded is able to play the sound, music 
or melody. For example,

Case 1. T1 has the chopin audio component in its backpack:

t1, chopin

(The music plays because t1 is the current turtle and the music is in the 
private Audio Tab in t1's backpack)

t2,
fd 50
chopin
I don't know how to chopin

(The error message indicates that neither t2 nor the project know this 
command.)

Case 2. Chopin is an audio component on one of the pages, not inside a 
backpack:

t1,
chopin

(The music plays because the music is public. It belongs to the project and is 
available to all turtles.)

t2,
fd 50
chopin

(The music plays because the music is public. It belongs to the project and is 
available to all turtles.) 

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Daniel
OpenWorld Learning