Re: how to get the "bip" system sound ?

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From: torsten.welches
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 00:00

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>The only way to get a sound is from a .AU sound file, AFAIK

java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().beep();
works on systems that know how to beep... <g>

Good luck
Torsten Welches
debis Systemhaus


In article <MPG.10a12827835fee119896a7@forums.borland.com>,
  none@none.com (Max Polk) wrote:
> > I need a very simple sound which would occur every time the user clicks
> > on a button.
> > I'd like to know which is the best way to call the system sound ? Is it
> > possible ? If not, i know i could use the audio package to play a sound
> > from a file, but i would like to avoid that.
>
> You are thinking WINDOWS.  Java is for any platform.  There is no "system
> sound" on many systems, therefore there is no "system sound" in Java.
> The only way to get a sound is from a .AU sound file, AFAIK.
>
> On the non-Borland newsgroups, somebody brought up a similar question
> about getting to the system registry.  Same answer -- that is WINDOWS
> specific.  Some Microsoft flunkie posted a J++ solution, which is a tool
> that doesn't even use the Java language (see
> http://www.afu.com/javafaq.html ).
>

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