>>>I am having trouble getting sounds to play when a timer fires. I have another application that is competing for .AlwaysOnTop and it seems to cause my sounds to not play if the focus isn't on my app and focus set to the grid. Has anyone else seen this behavior?
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>>As well as 'Play', there might be something on news2news.com that can do the job.
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>I've tried the "play" api call and set bell to and they both are erratic.

FWIW, I've tried the FFC's soundplayer, and it is erratic, also.

-m.