how to control the pc speaker in vba

[jackal575]

i would like to make a reoccurring beep from vba. i would have used the docmd.beep command but you have to have speakers hooked up to hear it so how could do the same thing using the pc speaker?

 

[jackal575]

any one?? plz??

 

[ghudson]

The attached "ReoccurringBeepingWithAnimation.zip" sample will show you how easy it is to do it using the forms timer event and the beeping plays through a computer that only has the built-in PC speaker. This will certainly drive your users nuts. I added it to a form that also shows you how to add a simple animation effect to your db.

 

[modest]

The reoccuring beep animation doesn't work for me on Win2k...

Jackal if you really want a beep put this in a module:

Public Declare Function Beep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwFreq As Long, ByVal dwDuration As Long) As Long

Call it from anywhere with:
Beep <pitch>,<length>

a good starting place is something like:

Beep 150,100

The higher you go, the higher the pitch and the longer the length. Play with it... you can actually make some cool songs/apps using variables. Enjoy.

-modest

 

[ghudson]

The reoccuring beep animation doesn't work for me on Win2k...

Odd but I have heard a lot of things do not work for Access 2000.

But the "ReoccurringBeepingWithAnimation.zip" sample does work in Access 97 and Access 2003 for me.

I do like the beep API you posted for I had never seen that one before.

Anybody care to post any composed "beep" songs?

 

[modest]

I had a keyboard I made out of it once...

The animation worked in your db... I just didn't get the Beep on my Work machine using Win2k, A2K3

However, it did work on my home machine using WinXPro A2K3

 

[jackal575]

yeh, the beep in that didnt work quite as planned but its still cool. modest, that is just what i was looking for! thank you. i have just got this thing working and i have now circulated it around on teh school network so that whenever im bored, i can open it up and piss off the teachers lol

if i could only learn how to block out the break command