Greetings!
Can anyone explain how to play a sound file once while x is true. Not once per bar, just once until x is false, then the sound file would play only the first time x is true again. No matter how many bars x is true, it only plays a sound the very first time in a sequence where x is true.

I tried this below but it still sounds once per bar, not just once, while x (a rising stoch indicator) is true over multiple bars.

///SOUND ALERT and Plot Color
///
///DS Rising

bool BoolSound = false;
int SoundCounter = 0;

if(
BoolSound == false
&& DoubleStochastics(5)[0] > DoubleStochastics(5)[1]
)
{
BoolSound = true;
PlotBrushes[3][0] = Brushes.PowderBlue; //MTF barsarray 3
SoundCounter = 1;
}
else {BoolSound = false; SoundCounter = 0;}

if (CurrentBar == currentBarFlag )
return;


if(BoolSound == true
&& SoundCounter == 1)
{
PlaySound(SoundFileBuy);
currentBarFlag = CurrentBar;
SoundCounter = SoundCounter + 1;
}

Thank you for your consideration!

whiterhino,

See if the code below resolves your issue.

TraderGB

 

Code

bool trendUp = true; if (DoubleStochastics(5)[0] > DoubleStochastics(5)[1] && !trendUp) { trendUp = true; PlaySound(SoundFileBuy); } else if (DoubleStochastics(5)[0] < DoubleStochastics(5)[1] && trendUp) { trendUp = false; PlaySound(SoundFileSell); }

whiterhino 

Greetings! Can anyone explain how to play a sound file once while x is true. Not once per bar, just once until x is false, then the sound file would play only the first time x is true again. No matter how many bars x is true, it only plays a sound the very first time in a sequence where x is true. I tried this below but it still sounds once per bar, not just once, while x (a rising stoch indicator) is true over multiple bars. ///SOUND ALERT and Plot Color /// ///DS Rising bool BoolSound = false; int SoundCounter = 0; if( BoolSound == false && DoubleStochastics(5)[0] > DoubleStochastics(5)[1] ) { BoolSound = true; PlotBrushes[3][0] = Brushes.PowderBlue; //MTF barsarray 3 SoundCounter = 1; } else {BoolSound = false; SoundCounter = 0;} if (CurrentBar == currentBarFlag ) return; if(BoolSound == true && SoundCounter == 1) { PlaySound(SoundFileBuy); currentBarFlag = CurrentBar; SoundCounter = SoundCounter + 1; } Thank you for your consideration!

Hello, whiterhino.

In this kind of situation I create another boolean that flips when the sound has been played.

For example:

private bool SoundPlayed = false;

if (CONDITIONS ARE TRUE
&& SoundPlayed == false)
{
PlaySound;
SoundPlayed = true;
)

Then, when CONDITIONS are no longer true:

SoundPlayed = false;

This may require another if() statement if there are other things you want to happen independent of whether the sound was played or not, but the above concept will do the job. Just make sure to flip SoundPlayed back to false at the appropriate time.

whiterhino 

Greetings! Can anyone explain how to play a sound file once while x is true. Not once per bar, just once until x is false, then the sound file would play only the first time x is true again. No matter how many bars x is true, it only plays a sound the very first time in a sequence where x is true. I tried this below but it still sounds once per bar, not just once, while x (a rising stoch indicator) is true over multiple bars. ///SOUND ALERT and Plot Color /// ///DS Rising bool BoolSound = false; int SoundCounter = 0; if( BoolSound == false && DoubleStochastics(5)[0] > DoubleStochastics(5)[1] ) { BoolSound = true; PlotBrushes[3][0] = Brushes.PowderBlue; //MTF barsarray 3 SoundCounter = 1; } else {BoolSound = false; SoundCounter = 0;} if (CurrentBar == currentBarFlag ) return; if(BoolSound == true && SoundCounter == 1) { PlaySound(SoundFileBuy); currentBarFlag = CurrentBar; SoundCounter = SoundCounter + 1; } Thank you for your consideration!