Question

I built a Flash site that is being used as a teaching tool. The client would now like to add voiceovers to sections. Is there a way to play a sound once on a movie clip, and if the viewer comes back to that clip then the sound won’t play again? Thanks.

Answer 1

This should do the trick. I haven’t tested this code in Flash but this should get you in the right direction.

import flash.net.SharedObject

//Use anything in place of "sounds"
var so:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("sounds");

//Check if the sound has not been played
//Use anything in place of "specificSoundPlayed"
if(so.data.specificSoundPlayed == false)
{
//Play the sound
var snd:Sound = new Sound();
snd.load(new URLRequest("my.mp3"));
snd.play();

//Set the shared object property so we know the sound was played
so.data.specificSoundPlayed = true;
}