Microsoft KB Archive/126405

= PRB: Cannot Hear Bell in FoxPro for Windows =

Article ID: 126405

Article Last Modified on 9/30/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q126405



SYMPTOMS
If you have installed multimedia software or a sound board, using CHR(7) to ring the bell may no longer work in FoxPro. The bell is silent whether you SET BELL TO a wave file, or to the normal system bell.



CAUSE
The multimedia software installed TIMER.DRV as a device driver in the [DEVICE] section of the SYSTEM.INI file. TIMER.DRV is causing a conflict with FoxPro and the bell is not ringing.



WORKAROUND
There are two possible resolutions to the problem:  Remove TIMER.DRV by choosing the Control Panel Drivers icon, highlighting the TIMER.DRV entry, and clicking the Remove push button. Use the steps outlined in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

102585 How to Play Waveform (.WAV) Files in FoxPro for Windows

This article explains how to use FOXTOOLS.FLL to call the Windows multimedia API to play a sound file. This article will work regardless of which multimedia driver is installed, or whether or not a sound board is installed.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information, please see the following related articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

102736 SET BELL TO Does Not Work with PC Speaker Driver

95317 Use of SET BELL to Play a Waveform (.WAV) File in FoxPro

Additional query words: FoxWin VFoxWin 2.50 2.50a 2.50b 2.60 2.60a

Keywords: KB126405

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