>>>>I vote for DF's solution. :-)
>>>I think I actually vote for Zlatin's API call over sndPlaySound() *g*
>>Depends. Cathy, are you just beeping, or do you do a SET BELL TO first?
>I don't think there's a SET BELL, but I don't know for sure. It's all
>embedded in Visual MaxFrame Professional and I only started working with it a
>month ago so I don't know it all that well.

Then Zlatin is probably right that MessageBeep is what you want.