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

Whatever the default sounds are associated with the events are used. I don't think you need a sound card unless the sounds associated with the events aren't simple ones. These days, however, I don't think you'll run into too many machines that aren't capable of play whatever sounds are necessary.