How do you play sounds (different beeps) out of the HD in vb or c++? I
've seen many programs do it, and I think it's very neat and would be nice to have it on my program. Thanks!

Ehh?? Hard drives are supposed to keep silent... If they make strange noises, that's a very bad sign ;)

If you meant the PC speaker instead of HD, you can do it in WinNT using the Beep function (kernel32.dll). But note that many users find these beeps annoying - use them only where appropriate.

I think he means playing wav files.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/multimed/mmfunc_9uxw.asp


Example:

[code]
PlaySound("c:\mysound.wav", NULL, SND_ASYNC);
[/code]

Query: Do you also need to specify SND_FILENAME? I never have in the past but MSDN implies that you do.

[quote author=Arta[vL] link=board=5;threadid=1291;start=0#msg9631 date=1052589784]
Query: Do you also need to specify SND_FILENAME? I never have in the past but MSDN implies that you do.
[/quote]
Yes... But it might work without it.

Yes, I meant different 'beeps'. All (most) old dos games use this, they use beeps as the sound. How can I get a different toned beep than just 'beep'?

Like Yoni, said, use the Beep API.

[code]BOOL Beep(
DWORD dwFreq,
DWORD dwDuration
);[/code]
Bearing in mind that it wont work well or at all on any non-NT based platforms.
[code]dwFreq :Frequency of the sound, in hertz. (0x25 through 0x7FFF).
Windows Me/98/95: The Beep function ignores this parameter.

dwDuration: Duration of the sound, in milliseconds.
Windows Me/98/95: The Beep function ignores this parameter.[/code]

[quote author=K link=board=5;threadid=1291;start=0#msg9687 date=1052662406]
Bearing in mind that it wont work well or at all on any non-NT based platforms.
[/quote]At all. It will just play the default Windows sound.

[code]

Declare Function Beep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwFreq As Long, ByVal dwDuration As Long) As Long

How to use this:

Dim X%
X% = Beep(1500, 300)

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This will make the analogue speaker in your computer (used for bios errors and startup confirmations) beep at the specified frequency, for a specified amount of time.