ON ERROR DoSomePRG

in your error PRG, you issue:

?? CHR(7)

to sound a bell tone preceded of followed with whatever other code you want. If that is not enough, there are ways to play a WAV file. Just let us know if CHR(7) does not work for you.

>Is there a way to create an audible notification when you get a bug in the development environment?
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>I have a routine that runs for quite a while (20 minutes or so). While it is running, I move on to other things. If/when a bug occurs, I'd like to hear some audible notification, so that I don't have to keep checking all the time.
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>I haven't gotten anything to work with ON ERROR (I thought I could call MESSAGEBOX), as I can't get the program to halt on the error line.
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>Any suggestions, or am I barking up the wrong tree?
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>Thanks,
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>Jim