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cameraddict
10th July 2007, 11:56 PM
Well the topic says it all.

I want to add a sound to the opening and/or closing of the keyboard.

Is this possible?

Thanks
cameraddict
13th July 2007, 06:05 AM
Any hacks for this? I suppose that the opening of the keyboard calls some kind of an event (since sliding it open changes the screen orientation) So can this same event call be used to assign a sound as well?
killacam13
13th July 2007, 06:21 AM
I also want to kno this and was going to ask right before I came 2 see this link...so please answer!
cameraddict
16th July 2007, 10:17 PM
There are some really talented people here. I would have thought someone would have done this by now. But I assume, from lack of info, that this hasn't been considered before?

Would someone, who has the skill set to do this, consider looking into it and seeing if it is possible?

Thanks a million!!:D

Have a good one
stevebonning
16th July 2007, 10:20 PM
Try this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1373726#post1373726).....

Cheers!
chris.wilcox
17th July 2007, 01:02 AM
That thread refers to the Herald, or Tmobile Wing. I found this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=317511) and thats all I've been able to find for the Wizard or Tmobile MDA.

There may be a registry key that needs to be modified/added after installing the HTC Sliding Sounds application to make it 'active' for the Wizard.

Any ideas? :)
Madcap180
17th July 2007, 01:14 AM
Im trying to figure it out too.. I dunno how to get it to initiate...
chris.wilcox
18th July 2007, 09:37 PM
Under HKEY\LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\SlidingSound there are 2 keys 'ActiveSlidingSound' and 'SlidingSoundEffect', these are for setting which sound of the 3 available to use, I'm assuming.

Anyone out there know someone with a Herald or T-Mobile Wing that is willing to share what they have in this folder in their registry?? Maybe there's and EnableSound key or something to that effect that us Wizard users can add and we'll have a happy day! :D
freakingwilly
22nd July 2007, 01:36 AM
Under HKEY\LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\SlidingSound there are 2 keys 'ActiveSlidingSound' and 'SlidingSoundEffect', these are for setting which sound of the 3 available to use, I'm assuming.

Anyone out there know someone with a Herald or T-Mobile Wing that is willing to share what they have in this folder in their registry?? Maybe there's and EnableSound key or something to that effect that us Wizard users can add and we'll have a happy day! :D
I just checked mine and under SlidingSound, there are 3 folders... 0, 1, and 2. Each folder has 3 keys... Default, in, and out. "Default" is the name for the sounds (ex: Wind Chimes, Piano, and Xylophone), "in" is the location of the file used for when the keyboard slides in (ex: Slider0_in.wav), and the same applies to "out" for when the keyboard slides out (ex: Slider0_out.wav).

Also inside the SlidingSound folder are 2 more keys... ActiveSlidingSound and SlidingSoundEffect. ActiveSlidingSound refers to which sliding sound you want to use... so in this case it would be one of the 3 folders mentioned above (0,1, or 2). SlidingSoundEffect refers to whether or not you want the sliding sound on. (0 = off, 1 = on).

Hope this helps!
cameraddict
22nd July 2007, 08:51 AM
I installed the software that was made by JUVS....it does not work on my MDA.
Any other ideas? I had tried searching before I made this thread initially, and i had not seen the 2 that are discussed here. I apologize for having made a 3rd one.

Back on topic, I certainly hope this can be made to work. Any other ideas?

Thanks for all the info so far.

Later
illistic
23rd July 2007, 07:37 AM
this is a really cool idea, i would also like to know how to do it...
chris.wilcox
23rd July 2007, 06:13 PM
I just checked mine and under SlidingSound, there are 3 folders... 0, 1, and 2. Each folder has 3 keys... Default, in, and out. "Default" is the name for the sounds (ex: Wind Chimes, Piano, and Xylophone), "in" is the location of the file used for when the keyboard slides in (ex: Slider0_in.wav), and the same applies to "out" for when the keyboard slides out (ex: Slider0_out.wav).

Also inside the SlidingSound folder are 2 more keys... ActiveSlidingSound and SlidingSoundEffect. ActiveSlidingSound refers to which sliding sound you want to use... so in this case it would be one of the 3 folders mentioned above (0,1, or 2). SlidingSoundEffect refers to whether or not you want the sliding sound on. (0 = off, 1 = on).

Hope this helps!

Thanks so much! This does help!
Unfortunately, I have the same keys on my MDA after installing the application for the SlidingSounds and it doesn't make sounds when I open the keyboard physically. I'm suspecting that the MDA is missing something, possibly a hardware switch (don't think so, though, cause it has to detect when the keyboard opens for landscape mode).
My guess is that this will not work on the MDA :(
xeno1
23rd July 2007, 11:31 PM
Umfortunately I'm not a programmer, but I was thinking that the easiest way to get somethig like this to work would be to link the sound to play with the screen rotation instead of trying to get it to work when the keyboard is slid out which obviously isn't working anyway. It would play the sound if you rotated your screen manually, but I can't see why that would be a big deal. Maybe someone with a little programming knowledge could get this to work though.
zephus
24th July 2007, 07:39 AM
I wanna keep this thread alive. SlidingSounds is something i wanna see work for wizards. It'll be cool if someone could craft a workaround or a new prog altogether.

Opening the keyboard is an event, shouldn't be hard to craft something to have it make a sound.
groovdafied
6th September 2007, 10:24 AM
Any updates on this? I downloaded the app and it hasn't done anything, especially when messing with the registry. Thanks.
razredge
6th September 2007, 11:26 AM
I've been working on tis as well but it seems that there is no way to adjust the registry to get it to work. I believe a app is gonna have to get the wizard to have this feature.
randomgoon
6th September 2007, 10:40 PM
This would be so cool.. Alot of people have 'flip' style phones, and when they open them, they have some funny sounds. Would be great to have on the Wizard!
zephus
17th September 2007, 02:33 AM
Anybody figured this out yet? I'm really sure it can be done.
ndn715
17th September 2007, 04:10 AM
im all about hacks for the wizard, but...

im assuming that you saw a wing and are trying to duplicate it...

WHY would you want it to do this?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!
same question for the menu pop sound?
those are the most annoying things i've seen on phone... well except for the default startup and shutdown sounds on all retail phones... when you turn off your phone, isnt because you're somewhere that you should be sure it wont be ringing/vibrating?

but on the other hand i still can't understand why people like to have the keys beep on their regular cell phones when they are txting...


sorry for the rant... i just don't get it
zephus
17th September 2007, 07:27 AM
im all about hacks for the wizard, but...

im assuming that you saw a wing and are trying to duplicate it...

WHY would you want it to do this?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!
same question for the menu pop sound?
those are the most annoying things i've seen on phone... well except for the default startup and shutdown sounds on all retail phones... when you turn off your phone, isnt because you're somewhere that you should be sure it wont be ringing/vibrating?

but on the other hand i still can't understand why people like to have the keys beep on their regular cell phones when they are txting...


sorry for the rant... i just don't get it

Maybe because we love the bells and whistles a gadget can make, it's all about your custom love that you want to have, not just everyone's universal preference. Some of us love to customize our phones to suit our personality, not just YOURS. Maybe these sounds grab attention of chicks, maybe this wallpaper makes us look cool in the sight of geeks. It's all personal prereference.

That's why I want keyboard Sliding Sounds to work. It's just one more thing that will grab the attention of people to see that, yes, I don't need a new phone every six months or so. I can make a new one using an old one by utilizing hacks.
macaraballojr
25th September 2007, 10:06 PM
Has any one got this to work or has everyone just gave up trying?
discmix
2nd October 2007, 03:26 PM
hello,

i searched for a event, but in the dotnet compact framework is only a event for external keyboard. i cant test it because i have no external keyboard ;). but to ask to the "screen rotation" event is simple. if you help this, i develop a small program that do this.

Feedback?!?!

Greets
DiscMix
KidGixxer
3rd October 2007, 08:17 AM
I have an apache and the slide sound program for the mogul doesnt work for me. But tiermann over at ppcgeeks.com wrote a program.

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=7019&referrerid=10115

Heres a link to his home page too.
http://tiermann.co.nr/

Hope this helps.
zephus
3rd October 2007, 08:43 AM
I have an apache and the slide sound program for the mogul doesnt work for me. But tiermann over at ppcgeeks.com wrote a program.

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=7019&referrerid=10115

Heres a link to his home page too.
http://tiermann.co.nr/

Hope this helps.

Dude this is exactly what we needed! Awesome hunting man! Kudos to you!