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- BE BEEP
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- Description: Sounds a tone or series of tones on the system's internal
- speaker.
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- Syntax: Version 4.5: BE BEEP [(drive:)][(path)](filespec) [/E]
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- BE BEEP [/F(n)] [/D(n)] [/R(n)] [/W(n)]
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- Parameters:
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- (drive:) The single-letter specifier (A:, B:, C:, etc.) for the drive
- containing the file you want to use. Follow the letter with a
- colon. Your current drive is the default.
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- (path) The full name (C:\WP\LETTERS) of the directory in which the
- file is defined. The current directory for the designated
- drive is the default.
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- (filespec) The name of the file containing tone values BE BEEP can sound.
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- Each line in the file can contain frequency (/F), duration
- (/D), repetition (/R), and wait (/W) specification parameters.
- Each line in the file can contain a comment; specify the
- beginning of a comment with a semicolon. See the example
- below.
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- /D(n) Specifies the duration of the sound in eighteenths of a
- second. For example, /D18 sounds the frequency for one second.
- The number must be a positive integer. If you specify neither
- the /D parameter nor the /F parameter, BE BEEP sounds the
- computer's default tone. If you specify /F without specifying
- /D, the frequency sounds for approximately one-half second
- (/D9).
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- /E If you specify (filespec), causes BE BEEP to display any
- comments that are enclosed in double-quote marks.
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- /F(n) Specifies the frequency of the sound in cycles per second
- (Hz). The number must be a positive integer. Middle C is
- approximately 262. See <NUFREQ> for an extensive list of
- frequencies. If you do not specify this parameter, BE BEEP
- sounds the computer's default frequency.
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- /R(n) Specifies the number of times BE BEEP repeats the sound. The
- number must be a positive integer.
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- /W(n) Specifies the wait period at the end of each tone in
- eighteenths of a second. The wait period is the time between
- beeps. The number must be a positive integer. Note that if you
- specify the /R parameter, no sound occurs during the wait
- period at the end of each repetition of the tone.
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- Example: To play the song ``Three Blind Mice'' from a stored file and
- to display the words as the notes are played, enter:
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- BE BEEP mice.dat /E
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- MICE.DAT contains:
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- ; Three Blind Mice
- ; Freq. Dur. Wait Rep. Note Words:
- BEEP F659 D10 ; E "Three"
- BEEP F587 D10 ; D "Blind"
- BEEP F523 D10 W10 ; C "Mice. "
- BEEP F659 D10 ; E "Three"
- BEEP F587 D10 ; D "Blind"
- BEEP F523 D10 W10 ; C "Mice. "
- BEEP F784 D10 ; G "See"
- BEEP F698 D5 /R2 ; F, F "How They"
- BEEP F659 D10 W10 ; E "Run!"
- BEEP F784 D10 ; G "See"
- BEEP F698 D5 /R2 ; F, F "How They"
- BEEP F659 D10 W10 ; E "Run!"
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- See: <NUFREQ>.
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