---
name: "onBriefingNotes"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["Sounds", "Briefing", "Event Handlers"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/onBriefingNotes
revid: 378135
updated: 2026-02-24T13:54:13Z
---

# onBriefingNotes

*Command · Sounds, Briefing, Event Handlers · Arma 3 v0.50 · introduced in Operation Flashpoint v1.75*

## Description

Select a sound declared in the [Description.ext](../topics/Description.ext.md#cfgsounds) of the mission to be played the first time the Notes tab is selected in the briefing.

## Syntax

```sqf
onBriefingNotes soundName
```

**Parameters:**

- `soundName`: [String](../topics/String.md)

**Returns:** [Nothing](../topics/Nothing.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
onBriefingNotes "NotesVoiceOver";
```

## See also

[playSound](../commands/playSound.md)

## Community notes

**Bdfy** — 2007-02-08

In Operation Flashpoint it works only with the sound files defined in the mission's description.ext

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — onBriefingNotes](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/onBriefingNotes) (revision 378135).</sub>