Flash 8: Get a sound to play if it hasn't already started?

Hi guys,

I have a typewriting effect that exists on 6 frames - on frame one the says what characters to type and which character comes next and on frame six it tells it to go back to the begining.

I also have a typewriting sound effect - Is there any way I can tell the flash to play the typewriting sound if it's not already playing, every time it hits that first frame?

This might work. I haven't tested it. But it should give you some idea.

On frame one:

Code:

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var isPlaying = false;
var sndFx = new Sound(this);
sndFx.attachSound("linkageNameOfYourSound");
sndFx.onSoundComplete = function() {
  isPlaying = false;
}

function playSndFx() {
 sndFx.start();
 isPlaying = true;
}

playSndFx();

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On each subsequent frame:

Code:

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if(!isPlaying) {
 playSndFx();
}

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Or try writing a function that does does the typing and called by setInterval. So everytime the function executes you play the sound.