How to play a Warning Sound on Windows?

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December 16, 2011
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Customer wants me to have some audio feedback in case somethings goes wrong with script. (E.g.: User clicks on script although no document is open).

They do not like alerts.

On Mac it is easy:

app.doScript("beep",ScriptLanguage.APPLESCRIPT_LANGUAGE);

Is there an easy, reliable way to do it for our Windows friends?

Thanks,

Ralf

Scripting

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Correct answer John Hawkinson

Have you tried simply

beep();

? I have had mixed results with it but I think it usually works.

L

liedzeitAuthor

Inspiring

Thank you, guys.

Ralf

Marc Autret

Legend

John is correct: the (global) function beep() should work in both Win and Mac through the JavaScript engine. For some reason it is not documented in the ESTK object viewer, but it appears in the following list:

alert( $.global.reflect.methods );

You can also check this:

alert( 'beep' in $.global ); // => true

alert( typeof beep ); // => function

What is fun is that the previous lines also play the beep, although the function is not explicitly invoked! [EDIT: probably because the alert() function itself runs a beep!]

Another fact is that beep() triggers a Windows sound event (Asterisk) which is defaultly associated to the "Windows Error.wav" file, but this depends on your "Sound" Settings (Control Panel > Sounds).