Thanks. Unfortunately, there is still the problemn of what line I get parked on after whatever program is invoked by ON ERROR.

Jim

>>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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>Another way would be to have a function which would play a sound for you and call it from where you need it - something like
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procedure RingABell()
>if version(2)=2   && development only
>??chr(7)
>endif
>return ""
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>You could call that function from any error event, Catch clause, or even
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assert lEverythingOK message "something fishy here"+RingABell()