Re: sound error through PC speakers, not the standard beep

The open source tn5250 emulator:

        http://tn5250.sourceforge.net

When running under Windows, it can be configured to play an arbitrary wav
file for a beep.  You just need to add a line to your configuration file.
For example:

        beepfile=C:\windows\media\tada.wav


I don't know if this will (precisely) meet your needs, but it's easy to
try, and costs nothing.

On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Mark A. Manske wrote:

> I do have an E3 emulator (purchasing system) that will allow me to play a
> WAV file
> for the screen errors - but it seems to be very poorly written, plagued with
> timing issues
> that E3 cannot seem to fix (they test one developer on a 820 box; I live in
> the real
> world, and the polling that takes place here takes longer than 1
> millisecond)
> That said -
>
> What I would like to do is play a PC sound file (most likely wav) when an
> error
> occurs, that way in the warehouse the PC speakers can be turned WAY up
> so they can hear it over the noise of the warehouse.
>
> The standard "beep" on client access does not work, I have tried mochasoft
> too
> and it just is not enough (need longer beeps; and something more
> "noticeable")
>
> So, what possible solutions do I have?   Is it possible to write something
> (C, Java, VB)
> for the PC that can do a sound and have the AS/400 rpg program talk to it
> (API),
> the same program will so far be running at three separate stations at the
> same time.
>
> We are on V5R1 on an 820.
>
> We do not have any VB, C or for that matter Java people on site,
> I have run pc commands from within rpg, but that leaves the "media player"
> as the active window, and I would want that to run in the "back-ground" so
> they can keep scanning (1-2 seconds between scans)
>
> TIA for any odd-ball thoughts or directions to look -
>