I do not have any problem with this (VFP7SP1, NT4):
SET BELL TO ("c:\red.wav")
??chr(7)
Are you sure that file exists?

>Anyone have experience with VFP7 SP1 and NT4? I'm experiencing a problem with playing a wav file. On my home PC (XP) if I do the following from the command window:
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>SET BELL ON
>SET BELL TO <a_path_to_a_wav_file>
>?? CHR(7)
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>the wav file plays (just like it says in the help).
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>If I try this on my work PC (NT4) it doesn't play anything. It doesn't matter what I pass as the wav file name, it simply won't play (silence).
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>If I try:
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>SET BELL ON
>SET BELL TO
>?? CHR(7)
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>it plays the Windows DING.WAV. Should it have? If I SET BELL OFF, it still plays the DING.WAV. Is this the expected behavior? I thought it should not play anything!
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>TIA
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>Mike