XP and PC Speaker beeps

[GraphicEqualiser]

How do you detect when an XP PC beeps the PC speaker (the little tinny mono one in the case, NOT the soundcard attached ones)? What Windows message(s) is queued?

 

[Beer4meok]

Not sure what you are asking here,but if you need info on beep codes you can find it at this site.

http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm#05

Please let me know if the advice we give is of some help.
Feedback will benefit all
Dave

 

[GraphicEqualiser]

No. This is not what I mean. Nothing to do with the BIOS beeping. Some programs beep the internal PC speaker. I would like a way of detecting whenever this internal speaker makes a sound, programmatically from another running Windows Application (for example, using PeekMessage or something). Any ideas?

 

[Squrl79]

Just make you a little pc speaker on a long wire and sit it on your desk all you need is a pc speaker from and old computer and some cable then you can sit the speaker close to you and figure out what is going on.

 

[GraphicEqualiser]

I was looking for a software solution, not some wires hanging out of my PC!

I have solved the problem by hooking Windows messages and filtering them to get the one I wanted, the PC speaker beep message. The techniques required coding at MFC level and using DLLs. Anyone wanting details about these advanced techniques should contact me at mark@jacobsm.com . It works beautifully. I used Borland C++ Builder to code it.