Is There A Quicker Way To Make The BEEP Sound In Batch?

[nitt]

Is There A Quicker Way To Make The BEEP Sound In Batch?

The only way I know of how to make the BEEP sound is by echoing the BELL character, which is Ascii number 7. Since I can't exactly type the BELL character, I wrote a quick script to retrieve it for me:

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@echo off
echo wscript.echo(chr(7)) > ~tmp.vbs
for /f %%a in ('cscript ~tmp.vbs') do (set beep=%%a)
del ~tmp.vbs
echo %beep%
pause

This sets the variable "beep" to the bell. Now if I echo "%beep%" it will make the BEEP noise.

I was thinking of just making a BEEP command in C++, but I wanted to do it without using any commands other than the built-in ones.

And also if you can provide a way to use this without using a TEMP file. That would help.

[Cleptography]

Good question, never really messed around with the sounds in win, I know of the vbscript way you have displayed, I know autoit can do this easily.

[orange_batch]

echo:

(bullet character)

Ctrl+G in Command Prompt to type it.

[dbenham]

Since I can't exactly type the BELL character, I wrote a quick script to retrieve it for me:

You can type the BELL character. Simply press <Ctrl>G (hold down control key and press G). Alternatively you can hold down the <Alt> key and type 007 on the numeric key pad. The <Alt> method words for any char value betwee 1-255. If you can't get this directly in your editor, you can do it in a command window and echo the value to a file. Your editor should be able to work with it there.

Dave Benham

[nitt]

echo:

(bullet character)

Ctrl+G in Command Prompt to type it.

Oh, that works. xP

-T-h-a-t-w-o-u-l-d-b-e-A-l-t-+-7-,-I-'-m-s-o-d-u-m-b-.-A-l-t-c-o-d-e-s-a-r-e-A-s-c-i-i-.-

I just checked and echoing the bullet character doesn't seem to work in a Batch script... Mine works still, though. :/

Also I just checked Ctrl+G also gets you the bullet character. So type in "echo" then press Ctrl+G and press enter and it beeps.

[Cleptography]

Learn something new everyday.
Nice trick.

[Cleptography]

Now is there a way in batch that can control the frequency like in autoit?

[orange_batch]

No.

[Ed Dyreen]

XP .CMD &.BAT compatible

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CSOUND 523 659 523 659 523
CSOUND 1046 1318 1046
CSOUND 220(2) 294(4)
CSOUND 1046,2093,1318,2637,1568,3136,2093,4186(4)
CSOUND 4186,2093,3136,1568,2637,1318,2093,1046(4)
CSOUND 523 0(17) 523 0(17) 523 0(17) 523 0(17) 1046(6)

It is com of 1kb, if u tell me how, I decompile it for u with debug, so I can post the ASM code

[nitt]

:lol: XP compatible

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CSOUND 523 659 523 659 523
CSOUND 1046 1318 1046
CSOUND 220(2) 294(4)
CSOUND 1046,2093,1318,2637,1568,3136,2093,4186(4)
CSOUND 4186,2093,3136,1568,2637,1318,2093,1046(4)
CSOUND 523 0(17) 523 0(17) 523 0(17) 523 0(17) 1046(6)

It is com of 1kbs, if u tell me how, I decompile it for u with debug, so I can post the ASM code

CSOUND? That's on XP? I've never heard of that command...
DEBUG also isn't on my 64bit. :<

I wanted to be able to write COM files from the console but there wasn't DEBUG, so I wrote COMWRITER. If you care to see that PM me.

[Cleptography]

we can do it like this to

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Program Beep;

 uses CRT;

 var Tone,Duration: Word;
         Check: Integer;

begin
 if ParamCount<=2 then
                                   begin
                                        Writeln;
                                        Writeln ('BEEP Frequency Duration');
                                        Writeln;
                                        Writeln ('   Frequency - Hz');
                                        Writeln ('   Duration  - mS');
                                        Writeln;
                                        Tone:=800;
                                        Duration:=1000;
                                   end
                                  else
                                   begin
                                        VAL (ParamStr(1),Tone,Check);
                                        VAL (ParamStr(2),Duration,Check);
                                   end;
 Sound (Tone);
 Delay (Duration);
 NoSound;
end.

[Ed Dyreen]

What is the command? I really don't know?

Don't remember, we use it sometimes when debugging ???

CSOUND.COM > DEBUG /???? "CSOUND.TXT"

Where do I drop this file, so you can get to it

[Ed Dyreen]

CSOUND.COM
http://www.mediafire.com/file/bxp528hsu3uyk51/CSOUND.cab

[nitt]

CSOUND.COM
http://www.mediafire.com/file/bxp528hsu3uyk51/CSOUND.cab

CSOUND is a 16bit COM file. It doesn't work on my computer.

However, I did write a BEEP command in C++, so it doesn't use .NET framework like my others do. Ir lets you specify the frequency and the duration of the beep.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10434417/releases/commands/BEEP.exe

It's actually a very basic script. Here is all it took:

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#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

int main(int argcount,char* args[])
{
    if (args[1] != 0)
    {
    int freq = atoi(args[1]);
    int dur = atoi(args[2]);
    Beep(freq,dur);   
    

 if (args[1][0] == '/' && args[1][1] == '?') 
    {
    std::cout << "\nPlays a BEEP with a specified duration and frequency.\n\nBEEP [frequency] [duration]\n\nExample: BEEP 1000 500\n";
    }
    
    }
    else
    {
        std::cout << "BEEP /? for help.\n";
        }
}

There's actually a Beep function in c++.