Article ID: 122158
Article Last Modified on 11/18/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2.1
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q122158
SUMMARY
Visual C++ will play different sounds at the end of a build, depending on the success of the build. Without a sound system installed, Visual C++ calls MessageBeep().
If there is a sound system installed in the computer, Visual C++ calls sndPlaySound(), using the Multimedia API, with specific sound names. If the sound names listed below are not in the system's registry, Visual C++ does not make any sound at all.
Build State sndPlaySound() MessageBeep()
Sound Name Beep Type
-----------------------------------------------------------
Build is up to date BuildUpToDate MB_ICONASTERISK
Build has errors BuildError MB_ICONEXCLAMATION
Build has warnings BuildWarning MB_ICONQUESTION
Build complete BuildComplete MB_ICONASTERISK
Build cancelled <nothing> <nothing>
In addition, Visual C++ version 4.0 supports the following sound states:
State sndPlaySound() MessageBeep()
Sound Name Beep Type
-----------------------------------------------------------
Breakpoint Hit MSVC_HitBP <nothing>
Error in Output MSVC_OutputError <nothing>
Warning in Output MSVC_OutputWarning <nothing>
If a sound card is not installed, you can modify the system sounds by choosing the Sound icon from the Control Panel. If you have a sound card installed, you need to modify the registry to add the sndPlaySound() sound names to enable sound before you change the sounds in the Control Panel.
MORE INFORMATION
Under Windows NT registry, the sounds need to be placed in:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sounds
You can use the following sample C program to automatically add these sounds, or you can use REGEDT32.EXE to directly modify the registry. After the modifications, your registry should contain the following lines for Visual C++ 2.x:
BuildComplete:REG_SZ:tada.wav,Build Complete
BuildUpToDate:REG_SZ:ding.wav,Build Up To Date
BuildError:REG_SZ:ding.wav,Build Error
BuildWarning:REG_SZ:ding.wav,Build Warning
After the modifications, your registry should contain the following lines for Visual C++ 4.0:
BuildComplete : REG_SZ : tada.wav,MSDev: Build Complete
BuildUpToDate : REG_SZ : ding.wav,MSDev: Build Up To Date
BuildError : REG_SZ : ding.wav,MSDev: Build Error
BuildWarning : REG_SZ : ding.wav,MSDev: Build Warning
Sample Code
/* Compile options needed: Default build options for a console
application.
*/
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
char *sound[4] = { "BuildComplete", "BuildUpToDate",
"BuildError", "BuildWarning" };
#if _MSC_VER == 1000 // using Visual C++ 4.0
char *soundValue[4] = { "tada.wav,MSDev: Build Complete",
"ding.wav,MSDev: Build Up To Date",
"ding.wav,MSDev: Build Error",
"ding.wav,MSDev: Build Warning" };
#else // using Visual C++ 2.x
char *soundValue[4] = { "tada.wav,Build Complete",
"ding.wav,Build Up To Date",
"ding.wav,Build Error",
"ding.wav,Build Warning" };
#endif
void main( void )
{
int i;
HKEY hCPanel;
HKEY hSounds;
if ((ERROR_SUCCESS != RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Control Panel",
0, KEY_SET_VALUE, &hCPanel)) ||
(ERROR_SUCCESS != RegOpenKeyEx(hCPanel, "Sounds",
0, KEY_SET_VALUE, &hSounds)))
{
printf("Error opening HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Control Panel\\Sounds\n");
exit(-1);
}
for (i=0; i<4; i++)
if (ERROR_SUCCESS != RegSetValueEx(hSounds, sound[i], 0, REG_SZ,
(unsigned char*) soundValue[i], strlen(soundValue[i]) + 1))
printf("Could not set sound: %s\n", sound[i]);
RegCloseKey(hSounds);
RegCloseKey(hCPanel);
printf("Sounds were successfully added\n");
exit(0);
}
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