Re: beep sound not audible

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From: John Herbster TeamB
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 20:28

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"golddog" <golddogs@swbell.net> wrote
> > (1) Have you tried calling MessageBeep directly and varying the
> >  parameters?  See SDK Help. (Be sure to try 0xFFFFFFFF)
> > (2) Have you checked ControlPanel to see if it is disabled?
> > (3) Have you checked to see if the volume is turned way down?
> > (4) Does your PC have sound card output?
> > (5) If MessageBeep() returns 0, have you checked GetLastError?
> 1. yes, 2. it is not, 3. it is not 4. yes and working fine
> 5. returns longbool with ord(returned longbool) of 1.

Your answers seem OK to me.  I presume that it is still not
working.  Did all of the tests of (1) give non-zero returns?
I have dropped source code for a Message Beep Test into
attachments.  I suggest that you try it and report the results
back here if you are having problems.  Regards, JohnH

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