ASCII beep

Jan_Lathouwers

Is it possible to store ASCII value 7 (terminal beep) in a database table? I am accessing a navision database through a terminal and want to let the terminal beep. Any suggestions?

sgg

if you just need the client to beep, then use the following:

BEEP(Frequency, Duration)

e.g

BEEP(300, 100) will beep the sound of 300Hz for 100 Miliseconds(1 Second)

You get BEEP from
C/AL symbol Menu -> DIALOG -> Functions -> BEEP

Jan_Lathouwers

It is not the client that has to beep, it's the VT100 terminal...

lubost

Can you redefine the ASCII code 7 mapping for the operating system your terminal is connected to, to another printabkle character.

jm

Hallo,

try this code in a codeunit:

OnRun()
BeepString[1] := 7;
ShellExec('echo '+ BeepString);

SLEEP(3000);

BeepChar := 7;
ShellExec('echo '+ FORMAT(BeepChar));

and this function in the Codeunit:

ShellExec(piExecCommand : Text[250])
SHELL('cmd','/c',piExecCommand);

with following definitions:

Name           DataType      Subtype       Length
BeepString     Text                        1
BeepChar       Char

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Josef Metz