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Assigning sounds to actions
FirstClass includes default sounds for certain actions, such as receiving a new message. You can customize a sound by assigning your new sound the resource ID of the action.
To see what actions have default sounds, and check their resource IDs, open the Example.fc file that ships with FirstClass Designer.
 NoteThere is no sound supplied for logoff, but you can assign a sound to this action by using resource ID 137.
Assigning sounds to windows
You can configure a sound to play when users open a particular window. To do so, assign a resource name that matches the name of the window. When assigning a sound to a window, the value you choose for the resource ID is not important, as long as it is in the range of 28000 to 28999, so that it does not conflict with any of the default sounds' resource IDs.
For example, to play a sound when users open their Desktops, give the sound the resource name Desktop. To play a sound when users open a conference called News, give the sound the resource name News.
You can also play a sound when users open a message by giving the sound the same resource name as the message's subject. For this to work, the sound resource must be stored on the user's computer (for example, in their settings file or Images folder).
When multiple settings files make sense
Sounds use a lot of disk space. You may want to create a second settings file without the sounds for users who do not want to download a large settings file.
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