If you have a sound card installed, and you use Beep(), it sends something to the sound card, not the PC speaker, correct?
Is there any way to override this so that it sends it to the PC speaker no matter what?
I'm using MVC++ 6.0 and Windows XP. And yes, I have a sound card.
Thanks!
You might post that question to the windows board (just ask 'em if there's a function to make windows think there's no sound card, so you don't confuse them with all this internal speaker stuff.)Is there any way to override this so that it sends it to the PC speaker no matter what?
The problem here, as you probably know, is that the "decision" as to whether to use the internal or external speakers is being made outside of your program by the OS when it receives the "Beep" command from your program.
Actually, I didn't understand that default sound stuff either. I sort-of assumed that it would play the default if you had a sound card AND if you left the parameters blank.
BTW - My preliminary research found that there are MIDI functions built into the Windows API. But, they (Microsoft) are really pushing Direct-X for this purpose. For the MIDI stuff you HAVE to use a sound card.
And you thought making some simple sounds from the PC speaker was going to be easy!
Heh. It works on the 2k machine I was working on because that doesn't have a sound card. I'd do what you said, only what I'm doing is a console program.
Yeah, you'll probably get flamed...I'd do what you said, only what I'm doing is a console program.
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The "right" way to do this (if it were a commercial program) would be to write a device driver. But, writing Windows device drivers is NOT trivial... 'Still on my "Things To Learn" list. The usual sequence is: First learn C++. Second, learn to program the Windows user interface. Third, learn some Assembly, and drivers programming.
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Thanks to Stan100 and Trouts for giving me a great idea!!!
I had been thinking about learning to write drivers. The barrier to writing a driver "at home" is that you need to know how to communicate with a device and the device manufacturer's don't generally publish this info. For example printer manufacturer's no longer include in their user manuals the escape-sequences required to change to "bold". However, I CAN find the information about to communicate with the PC Speaker. I think this would make a great first-driver project... If I ever advance to that point.
I'd love that driver... there are 2 I've seen that you have to pay for, and I don't want to pay for that. One is free, I'll try it when I get home...
http://www.programmersheaven.com/zon...t610/25290.htm
