MessageBeep Function

Declare Function MessageBeep Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal wType As Long) As Long

Platforms: Win 32s, Win 95/98, Win NT

MessageBeep plays one of the system's associated sounds, with one exception. These sounds are some of the ones that Windows associates with certain events. However, this function can also play a beep on the computer's internal speaker. The function returns 1 if successful, or 0 if an error occured.

wType

If set to -1 (or &HFFFFFFFF), plays a beep using the computer's internal speaker. Otherwise, this is exactly one of the following flags specifying which sound to play:

MB_ICONASTERISK = &H40

Play the SystemAsterisk sound.

MB_ICONEXCLAMATION = &H30

Play the SystemExclamation sound.

MB_ICONHAND = &H10

Play the SystemHand sound.

MB_ICONQUESTION = &H20

Play the SystemQuestion sound.

MB_OK = &H0

Play the SystemDefault sound.

Example:

' Play the SystemQuestion sound.
Dim retval As Long  ' return value

retval = MessageBeep(MB_ICONQUESTION)  ' play the SystemQuestion sound

Related Call: Beep
Category: Errors
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