>Jim,
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>Sorry, but my help file says nothing about frequency or duration in the SET BELL TO command. I am using VFP 5.0a. I went ahead and tried the old Foxpro 2.0 command which allows frequency and duration, but still no true bell sound, just an almost inaudible tick sound.
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>Am I missing something?

Sam,

My machine beeps with ??CHR(7), but then I have a sound board. Have you tried searching Micorsoft's web sight for the internal speaker sound driver they used to have?