Familiar !!, you sarcy old beggar. :-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, 26 May 2000 17:00
Subject: RE: [DUG]: Producing a system beep
>Thanks Rohit (and Colin),
>
>Rohit - why forgive me? I presume that you are familiar with Datran...
>;-)
>Anyway, I digress.
>
>It may well be that it is being redirected as you say (I have a sound card
>installed, but it has not been configured correctly). I shall remove or
>configure the soundcard and see what happens.
>
>Thanks,
>Michael
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Sent: Friday, 26 May 2000 16:23
>> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
>> Subject: Re: [DUG]: Producing a system beep
>>
>> After forgiving you for working for Qtech..... :-)
>>
>> From memory, the problem is that windows can redirect speaker
>> beeps to the audio-system. And if you have no audio speakers or
>> they are turned off, you dont get anything. I have a setup option
>> in my apps. If you really want to use the PC speaker, try the beep
>> function, it takes freq and ms. Otherwise use Messagebeep.
>>
>> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
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>> From: Michael White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: [DUG]: Producing a system beep
>> Date sent: Fri, 26 May 2000 15:43:18 +1200
>>
>> > I want to produce a default system beep in an app to alert the user to
>> an
>> > error (they will be using a barcode scanner, so will not be watching
the
>> > screen). I'm developing the app in D4.
>> > I thought that using the Beep call would produce the desired result,
but
>> it
>> > appears not to be the case.....
>> > On my PC (running Win95), the above call does not create a beep (a
faint
>> > *click* is audible though).
>> > On another PC (running WinNT), the beep is heard.
>> > On our client's PC (running Win98), the beep is not heard.
>> >
>> > Have also tried the MessageBeep API call (which I believe is what is
>> called
>> > by the Delphi Beep procedure).
>> >
>> > What am I missing here? Any suggestions?
>> >
>> > TIA
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Michael White
>> > Software Developer
>> > QTECH Data Systems Ltd
>> >
>> >
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