PRB: Cannot Hear Bell in FoxPro for Windows

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0
• Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5x, 2.6x

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:

1. Remove TIMER.DRV by choosing the Control Panel Drivers icon, highlighting the TIMER.DRV entry, and clicking the Remove push button.

2. Use the steps outlined in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q102585

      TITLE     : 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:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q102736
   TITLE     : SET BELL TO Does Not Work with PC Speaker Driver

   ARTICLE-ID: Q95317
   TITLE     : Use of SET BELL to Play a Waveform (.WAV) File in FoxPro