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hi there everybody

i was wondering if anybody could help me in doing a routine so that you are able to select 5 different music tracks using ~~~~ 1 - 5(or any key) as when i've done it it still plays the last track from the last key pressed as was wondering if anybody could help me

attached is the source code done in dbpro

any help would be greatly appreciated

Untested but you may want to try stopping the music that is already playing.

you are in a loop so it plays last key over and over. use entry$() and then clear it.

Also be aware of the fact that the computer reads the keystrokes far more rapidly than you can press and release a key. When the human thinks they're simply pressing and releasing "1", the computer can read the keystroke and do the processing that you direct hundreds or thousands of times.

You should "debounce" your input. There are lots of ways to do this and the best way depends on what you're trying to accomplish. One way is to use a variable that holds the last keystroke input. Before taking an action, compare the keystroke you just read to the last keystroke. If they're the same, don't do anything -- it's just the "slow human" with their finger still on the key.

With music and sounds in DB, you've got another option -- check the value of MUSIC PLAYING() or SOUND PLAYING(). If the sound/music associated with the keystroke is already playing, do nothing. If the keystroke is associated with a DIFFERENT sound or song, stop the currently playing then start the new. IMHO, it's good to check whether a sound or song is already playing anyway; I've seen "already playing" errors before if the check isn't made.

Trivia (not exactly an answer to your question but maybe of interest) -- the debouncing is a little different if you're doing something like a pistol that shoots one shot at a time. If you just hold down the "fire" key, your pistol goes off like a very unreal machine gun. For something like this, I use a flag that gets cleared by a timer, and only process the keypress and fire then gun when the flag says I can.