Run a specific sound file based on the time of day

[paul1965]

I've been working on a script to play a specific email notification sound based on the time of day (morning, afternoon, evening). I have had some success using @HOUR, but I'd really like to get down to minutes and seconds. So from 00:00:00 to 11:59:59 the "morning" email notification will play, then from  12:00:00 to 16:59:59 the "afternoon" notification plays, then from 17:00:00 on to 23:59:59 the "evening" notification plays. I tried adding @HOUR & @MIN and $SEC to the script, but then got an error when running it. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Here's what I've got so far, the problem  I think is the overlap in the hour specified:

$g_szVersion = "Comcast.au3"

If WinExists($g_szVersion) Then Exit ; It's already running

AutoItWinSetTitle($g_szVersion)

Switch @HOUR

   Case 00 to 12

SoundPlay("F:\Alerts\Comcast_Morning.wav", 1)

   Case 12 to 17

      SoundPlay("F:\Alerts\Comcast_Afternoon.wav", 1)

   Case 17 to 24

      SoundPlay("F:\Alerts\Comcast_Evening.wav", 1)

      EndSwitch

[pseakins]

Have you looked at the help example for Switch? Coincidently, it covers almost the exact scenario you are seeking.

BTW, there would never be a Case 24 as this would actually be zero.

[paul1965]

@pseakins If you mean have I checked Switch.au3, yest I have. But that still shows only the hour, not minutes and seconds. I made an assumption that there is a gap in coverage between 11 and 12, 17 and 18, and so on and so on. Is that not the case?

[pseakins]

9 minutes ago, paul1965 said:

I made an assumption that there is a gap in coverage between 11 and 12, 17 and 18, and so on and so on. Is that not the case?

No, there would be no gap in coverage with this example.

[paul1965]

53 minutes ago, pseakins said:

No, there would be no gap in coverage with this example.

Thanks for that info. I'll change my scripts to match the example and see what happens.

[paul1965]

@pseakins My scripts work perfect; thanks for your prompt responses.