Beep noise in C++

[sail3005]

I remember in QBasic you could use the motherboard speaker to play some tones, and it was pretty easy too. How would i do this in C++?

[parksie]

www.parksie.uklinux.net/customwin.zip

[sail3005]

Does that work on 2k? Because isin't direct hardware access forbidden? It compiles great, but i get some "Privledged Instruction" error

[jim mcnamara]

For use in the NT family, use the PlaySound api

int retval;
LPSTR file = "c:\mybeep.wav"
retval = PlaySound(
          file, 
          NULL,
          SND_ASYNC) ;

You need to find a sound file that emulates the beep sound you want.

[parksie]

Originally posted by jim mcnamara
For use in the NT family, use the PlaySound api

int retval;
LPSTR file = "c:\mybeep.wav"
retval = PlaySound(
          file, 
          NULL,
          SND_ASYNC) ;

You need to find a sound file that emulates the beep sound you want.

Don't you need to use LPCSTR, since string literals are const char*?

Is the motherboard speaker actually available at all under NT?

[Zaei]

Use the MessageBeep() API, I think =).

Z.

[edit]
Dont remember if it will beep on the PC Speaker, if you have a sound card installed, but it should otherwise.

[MoMad]

What about:

cout << "\a";