Mark ---

I'm almost certain that a sound card is required for that.


>>Is there a way to play a BEEP in VFP besides CHR(7) on a machine without a sound card?
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>>CHR(7) does not have a consistent sound between machines and really can not be heard on some. Setting BEEP to a WAV file does not play on a machine without a sound card. What I would really like is to know if there is a BEEP that has tone and duration control.
>
>You could try:

>procedure beep_beep
>*
>* nBeep =  0 default sound (no icon w.r.t. MessageBox)
>*         16 critical stop (stop sign)
>*         32 question      (question mark)
>*         48 exclamation   (exclamation point)
>*         64 asterisk      (information symbol)
>*
>parameter nBeep
>declare integer MessageBeep in Win32API ;
>   Integer nBeep
>=MessageBeep(nBeep)
>return

>Don't know if sound card is required though. I don't have a machine without all this anymore to try it with.