play a sound when IE opens a new window?

[Pete]

How can I get my PC to play a sound when a new IE window opens when I
chat on-line?
Often I'm not at my PC, but would like to know if someone has sent a
message (not MSN Messanger, or WIndows messanger). If my PC made a
sound then I'd be aware that a new chat window had opened.

Thanks
Pete

 

[Guest]

You use the title of the window to detect that. For example, if the chat
window had a title starting with "My Chat Window...", you would run this
script file.

--detect window.vbs--
set shell=createobject("wscript.shell")
while NOT shell.appactivate("My Chat Window")
wscript.sleep 2000
wend
shell.run "c:/windows/system32/sndrec32.exe /play /close
c:/windows/media/ding.wav"
wscript.quit
--end file--
the longer line of this code will probably have a break put in it by the
newsgroup software. the shell.run statement goes all the way to the ding.wav
Run the file each time you want to detect a new chat window.

 

[Pete]

You use the title of the window to detect that. For example, if the chat
window had a title starting with "My Chat Window...", you would run this
script file.

--detect window.vbs--
set shell=createobject("wscript.shell")
while NOT shell.appactivate("My Chat Window")
wscript.sleep 2000
wend
shell.run "c:/windows/system32/sndrec32.exe /play /close
c:/windows/media/ding.wav"
wscript.quit
--end file--
the longer line of this code will probably have a break put in it by the
newsgroup software. the shell.run statement goes all the way to the ding.wav
Run the file each time you want to detect a new chat window.

It works - many thanks Mark!!
Pete