Windows Sound Events Not Occurring at Standard Points (84972)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 3.1
- Microsoft Windows 3.11
This article was previously published under Q84972 SUMMARY
Windows version 3.1 allows you to assign waveform audio sounds to certain
events through the Control Panel. These events are:
Default Beep
Exclamation
Windows Start
Windows Exit
Critical Stop
Question
Asterisk
However, it is not possible to reliably assign these sounds to always
occur at given points in a program. For example, it is not possible to
always have the Exclamation sound occur when an error occurs.
MORE INFORMATION
System sounds are dependent upon the application in which they are
occurring. To produce a sound, an application needs to notify Windows
that a sound is to occur, and then tell Windows which system sound to
play. The application will specify one of the seven default system
sounds, or any sound event that it has added to this list.
This means that you cannot add sound events to the default list and
have an application play that sound, unless the application has been
specifically written to call that sound event.
Additionally, applications have not standardized on when these sound
events should occur. Therefore, one application may play the Default
Beep sound when an error occurs while another application might play
the Critical Stop sound.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/10/2003 |
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| Keywords: | KB84972 |
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