Making the PC Speaker beep

[DTM256]

Does anybody remember how to make the default PC speaker to beep? I'm not looking for a library, I'm looking for a line or two of code for Windows, or standard C/C++

A link would be cool too!

Thank you in advance!

[E0p9LyTq]

Windows Beep function:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms679277(v=vs.85).aspx

C/C++ Escape sequences:
http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/escape

[DTM256]

Oh perfect ....
Beep( int hertz, int duration);
Beep( 750, 100);

but now I'm looking to change the volume of that beep and all I can find is system volume control.

Any suggestion?

[E0p9LyTq]

You can't change the volume. Reread the Remarks section of the Beep function.

Most, if not all, new computers don't have a built-in PC speaker any more. A PC makes sound now by a sound card.

[jonnin]

if it still works, you can do this in a console program on windows..


cout << (char)7; //I think char(7) and static cast also work, as you will.

You can't do much with it... volume and sound and all are pre-programmed.

[DTM256]

Thank you.

I'm working on a DOS Terminal/Text game, and hoping to have some "music" with it, but from the sounds it made, was just painful to listen too.

Thank you for all the great advice!

[jonnin]

oh, that's doable, but significantly more work. you can just cheat and have your program tell windows media player to play something in the background or the like, for a simple solution.