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

[finksmart]

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

On frame one:

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

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

playSndFx();

On each subsequent frame:

if(!isPlaying) {
 playSndFx();
}

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