#11 Error Notification

[helenra]

On my computer Suneido never beeps, although there are
other programs which do. In fact I wouldn't want
Suneido to start beeping, but currently there is no
kind of feed-back at all in some cases. Flashing the
window titlebar/frame in combination with an
explanation in the status bar would be a good solution
(IMO).

[Andrew McKinlay]

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If you execute Beep() from the WorkSpace does it beep?
Beep just uses the Windows MessageBeep. I'm not sure why
this wouldn't work. Do other programs beep? Have you
checked your Sound settings in the Control Panel?

I agree some kind of visual "notification" would probably
be a good feature request.

[helenra]

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Beep() from the WorkSpace also doesn't beep. 'echo ^G'
(Ctrl-G) at the command prompt does beep. Very few programs
are beeping sometimes. Should Beep use the PC-speaker
(which is built into the computer) or should it use the
sound card? In our office no one has speakers connected to
the sound card.

[Andrew McKinlay]

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According to the MSDN MessageBeep documentation, an
argument of -1 means "Standard beep using the computer
speaker". But if I turn off my speakers, this still
doesn't work. We're currently passing 0 (MB_OK) which is
supposed to be "System Default". Windows also has a "Beep"
function, but the remarks say "Windows 95/98/Me: On
computers with a sound card, the function plays the default
sound event. On computers without a sound card, the
function plays the standard system beep."

There must be a way to get a beep out of the built-in
speaker even if you have a sound card, but I haven't found
it yet!

[Andrew McKinlay]

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I'm moving this from Bugs to Feature Requests.

The beep problem seems to be more of a Windows issue. I've
changed Beep to call MessageBeep(0) AND MessageBeep(-1).
Hopefully that will cover more situations.