Pausing the Background Music

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Pausing the Background Music

Document ID: IR10038

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The information in this article applies to:

• AutoPlay Media Studio 5.0 Standard Edition
• AutoPlay Media Studio 5.0 Professional Edition

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SUMMARY

This article describes how to pause the background playing in your application.

DISCUSSION

When there is background music in a presentation, sometimes it is necessary to pause it. In AutoPlay Media Studio 5.0 this is accomplished by using the following action:

-- pause the audio in the background channel
Audio.Pause(CHANNEL_BACKGROUND);

Alternatively you can use the following action to toggle the play/pause state:

Audio.TogglePlay(CHANNEL_BACKGROUND);

This action will pause the background music if it is playing, and play the background music if it is paused.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information please see the following topics in the AutoPlay Media Studio 5.0 help file:

• Program Reference | Actions | Audio | Audio.Pause
• Program Reference | Actions | Audio | Audio.TogglePlay

KEYWORDS: AutoPlay Media Studio 5.0, Actions, Audio, Pause, Toggle Play, Background, Music

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Last reviewed: September 26, 2003
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