Managing the Sound Settings

To open the settings dialogue you can use one of two methods.
1. Double-Click the program icon in the task-bar.
2. Right-Click the program icon in the task-bar and select “Set-Up” from the pop-up menu.

Before we begin, the OK button means close the window but keep the program running and Quit, means Quit.

Don't worry, I mistakenly shut the program down from time to time too.

Sound Settings

Sound settings is pretty straight forward once you understand and have fiddled with the controls a bit. We've got three option buttons providing:

No Sound
No Sound, is pretty self explanatory. You would select this option when an audible notification is not required when the timer completes it's count-down.

Play a System Sound
Play System Sound is initially set to play sounds found in the Windows\Media folder.

Play a Custom Sound
Play a Custom Sound is initially set to play sounds found in a folder called <drum roll> “Sounds”, which is installed under the programs folder along with two sounds to try out.


The Set Folder Button
I added this because I thought, what if their version of windows doesn't have a Media folder ... and what if they've already got a ton of wav files and don't want to move them to the folder “I've” designated as the official sounds folder for the program. To cut it short, the Set Folder button will allow you to set the folder location of either of these two options to whatever you want. If you slide the mouse over either of the “Play a ...” options you'll be shown what folder they are currently set to. The net result of this is that you can set the folders to anything you want and the captions of the options, indicating if it's a system or a custom sound become somewhat meaningless.

Sounds List
The list-box on the right, will be populated with all wav files found in the folder/option selected.

Sound Test Button
The test button located below the list will play any selected sound.

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