BEEP!

bludin · Post by **bludin** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 7:46 am

VM has a small bug that can get pretty annoying when working on files late at home: when aborting a function by hitting ESC or sometimes also when an error occurs, VM responds with a beep at max volume. This seems to go directly to the system beeper, bypassing any volume settings, so muting it is impossible. Even when I have my earphones connected, which usually mutes all other sound output, this one still makes it through to the system beeper. This is been there in VM4 and is still there in VM5. It's not something fancy or mission critical, but I'd still be grateful if it could be fixed.

Beat

Post by **MecSoft Support** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 5:51 pm

Beat,

I wish all the bugs that we needed to fix were as simple as this. We will get this on in our next SP (4)

-- MecSoft Support

dbuffo · Post by **dbuffo** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 1:09 pm

I also noticed that the loud beep in VM4 came directly from the internal PC speaker. However, in VM5 it now goes through my normal powered PC speakers connected to my sound card. I turn the sound to low and it doesn't bother me so much anymore. I know it sounds frivolous, but it would be nice if we could change the volume of that beep within VM or even better, change the beep to another sound of our choosing.
Thanks.

bludin · Post by **bludin** » Thu May 06, 2004 11:24 pm

Just wanted to let you know that the annoying beep is still there in VM5SP5...

Beat

DareBee · Post by **DareBee** » Fri May 07, 2004 5:19 am

Maybe MecSoft could change the beep sound (any sounds they want for that matter) to use the Windows "default beep" therefore sounds and sound levels are consitent with system settings.

GreggT · Post by **GreggT** » Fri May 07, 2004 7:54 am

I'm wondering about the beep on shut down? Is this some sort of error warning beep?

GreggT

Post by **MecSoft Support** » Fri May 07, 2004 8:01 am

Oh, we knew this would come up! Okay, here goes. We looked at using the system sounds that Windows comes with. However this meant that we had to include a system library thereby increasing the size of the VisualMill executable. I am sure there is a better way of doing it but due to other priorities we decided to drop this for now. We will get to it one of these days and so hang in there. We appreciate your patience.

bludin · Post by **bludin** » Fri May 07, 2004 1:51 pm

Hey, I know how you can do it without including an additional library: just make it a preference setting so the user can choose whether s/he wants an acoustic feedback or not. The impact that the inclusion of another checkbox and a couple of if..then statements in the code will have on the size of the executable should be bearable

Cheers, Beat

Post by **MecSoft Support** » Fri May 07, 2004 5:31 pm

Beat,

We were investigating playing windows wav files instead of the sytem beep function. These could be controlled by changing your speaker volume control. This I believe require additional libraries, unless I am totally misinformed.

BJMAUCH · Post by **BJMAUCH** » Fri May 07, 2004 7:56 pm

Dear service programmers, The function named "MessageBeep" does not require any additional libraries and it plays beeps through the standard windows interface so it is affected by the volume controls and mute.
I hope this helps.
BJM

Post by **MecSoft Support** » Sat May 08, 2004 11:49 am

Okay, BJM, I will pass it on to Dev. Thanks for the info. Great to get programming advice from our users