> > The normal beep that you get when you do ^G is from the speaker inside > > the case of your PC. With a rackmount, you may be getting a beep, but > > not be able to hear it since it's coming from the case in the rack (if > > it even has a speaker). > > > > Apparently what you need to do is get the PC or whatever you are logging > > in from to generate the beep rather than the MB speaker. > > > I can do that, by typing ^G in the console and hitting Enter. > > But I can't do it from a Perl program, running via wperl.Interestingly, MessageBeep() doesn't work on my XP machine but Beep() does. use strict; use Win32::API; my $msgBeep = Win32::API->new('user32', 'MessageBeep', 'N', 'N') or die "Can't create a beep function: $^E\n"; my $beep = Win32::API->new('kernel32', 'Beep', 'NN', 'N') or die "Can't create a beep function: $^E\n"; $msgBeep->Call(-1); $beep->Call(440, 1000);
There is also the Win32::Sound module. _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
