Using lingo for returing cue points of a sound

Hello all
for returning a list of cue point of a sound ,it is written
in the book that we should use the following lingo
put the cuePointNames of member "mySound"
realy I have a sound member which have cue points ,but I
don't know where to use this lingo ,and where I will see the result
thank you very much for your attention ,sincerely yours
Mohsen

A "put" statement will place the result of the statement into
the bottom
half of the message window. You can open the message window
from the
Windows menu. In the top half of the message window you can
type any
single line function call or command and see the result in
the bottom
half. You can also use the put command from anywhere in your
movie to
see the result. This is an extremely useful debugging tool.
You can find
more on the message window and its uses in the online help.
Once you have a list of the cuePointNames you can use them to
test the
sound file that you are currently playing. You can use the
isPastCuePoint() function. Look at the syntax for that
function in the
online help.
It is far simpler to use the sound channel property,
elapsedTime. Look
at the online help information for Sound Channel to find more
information on controlling and monitoring sound playback.
Rob
Rob Dillon
Adobe Community Expert
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