Alert.playSound() only works on the last bar

[clearpicks]

It seems Alert.playSound() works only if it is called while processing the last bar on the chart. For example, there are two testing scripting, one plays a sound at the barindex == -5 while another one plays a sound at bar 0.

if ( getCurrentBarIndex() == -5 && getBarState() == BARSTATE_NEWBAR ) {
Alert.playSound("Dong.wav");
}



if ( getCurrentBarIndex() == 0 && getBarState() == BARSTATE_NEWBAR ) {
Alert.playSound("Dong.wav");
}

No sound is heard while running The first testing script although the function is called, and the second script works normally.

Is this a designed behavior or it is an implementation bug of Alert.playSound()?

- Clearpicks

[ACM]

Re: Alert.playSound() only works on the last bar

clearpicks
That is the intended behavior. The Alert.xxx() functions execute only on bar index 0 (or bar index -1 when setComputeOnClose() is used)
Alex

Originally posted by clearpicks
It seems Alert.playSound() works only if it is called while processing the last bar on the chart. For example, there are two testing scripting, one plays a sound at the barindex == -5 while another one plays a sound at bar 0.

if ( getCurrentBarIndex() == -5 && getBarState() == BARSTATE_NEWBAR ) {
Alert.playSound("Dong.wav");
}



if ( getCurrentBarIndex() == 0 && getBarState() == BARSTATE_NEWBAR ) {
Alert.playSound("Dong.wav");
}

No sound is heard while running The first testing script although the function is called, and the second script works normally.

Is this a designed behavior or it is an implementation bug of Alert.playSound()?

- Clearpicks