Asynchronous beep

[monoceres]

I have for a long time been irritated by the fact that Beep() doesn't return before finishing, so I wrote my own multi-threaded dll that plays the beep in another thread.

Maybe it doesn't fit in "example scripts" but it may come in handy for someone!

Here's the dll:

http://monoceres.se/Uploads/Beep.dll

The exports looks like this:

__declspec(dllexport) int BeepEx(DWORD dwFreq,DWORD dwDuration)
__declspec(dllexport) BOOL IsBeeping()

A small sample:

$dll=DllOpen("Beep.dll")
DllCall($dll,"int:cdecl","BeepEx","dword",200,"dword",1000)
MsgBox(0,"","Beeeep!"); The beep will play while the msgbox is showing!
DllClose($dll)

Important!

To not close the dll while a beep is playing, it will cause a crash!

You can play a new beep however..

PM me for the source, it's far too ugly display here

Edited September 4, 2008 by monoceres

[Szhlopp]

I have for a long time been irritated by the fact that Beep() doesn't return before finishing, so I wrote my own multi-threaded dll that plays the beep in another thread.

Maybe it doesn't fit in "example scripts" but it may come in handy for someone!

Here's the dll:

http://monoceres.se/Uploads/Beep.dll

The exports looks like this:

__declspec(dllexport) int BeepEx(DWORD dwFreq,DWORD dwDuration)
__declspec(dllexport) BOOL IsBeeping()

A small sample:

$dll=DllOpen("Beep.dll")
DllCall($dll,"int:cdecl","BeepEx","dword",200,"dword",1000)
MsgBox(0,"","Beeeep!"); The beep will play while the msgbox is showing!
DllClose($dll)

Important!

To not close the dll while a beep is playing, it will cause a crash!

You can play a new beep however..

PM me for the source, it's far too ugly display here

Very cool. This will be awesome for the games or anything else that you don't want to wait for beep to finish=)

[Markos]

what about this one?

Run(@AutoItExe & ' /AutoIt3ExecuteLine Beep()')
MsgBox(0, Default, 'msgboox while beeping')

[Andreik]

I have for a long time been irritated by the fact that Beep() doesn't return before finishing, so I wrote my own multi-threaded dll that plays the beep in another thread.

Maybe it doesn't fit in "example scripts" but it may come in handy for someone!

Here's the dll:

http://monoceres.se/Uploads/Beep.dll

The exports looks like this:

__declspec(dllexport) int BeepEx(DWORD dwFreq,DWORD dwDuration)
__declspec(dllexport) BOOL IsBeeping()

A small sample:

$dll=DllOpen("Beep.dll")
DllCall($dll,"int:cdecl","BeepEx","dword",200,"dword",1000)
MsgBox(0,"","Beeeep!"); The beep will play while the msgbox is showing!
DllClose($dll)

Important!

To not close the dll while a beep is playing, it will cause a crash!

You can play a new beep however..

PM me for the source, it's far too ugly display here

Not working for me.

[monoceres]

Not working for me.

Does the normal Beep() work for you? It uses the same api.

[NELyon]

Uh oh. Autoit Hard Crashes for me.

With your example code.

Edited September 5, 2008 by KentonBomb

[monoceres]

Uh oh. Autoit Hard Crashes for me.

With your example code.

Did you close the messagebox before the beep finished? If that's so then check the thing I wrote about closing the dll before beep is finished.

[NELyon]

Did you close the messagebox before the beep finished? If that's so then check the thing I wrote about closing the dll before beep is finished.

The Message Box doesn't even show up. Autoit crashes as soon as the scripts starts.

[monoceres]

The Message Box doesn't even show up. Autoit crashes as soon as the scripts starts.

Weird, can you test add a msgbox() before the DllCall but after the DllOpen() and see if it crashes before or after?

[trancexx]

Weird, can you test add a msgbox() before the DllCall but after the DllOpen() and see if it crashes before or after?

DllOpen is not working. It crashes before actual call

Compile again

[NELyon]

Mah code:

$dll=DllOpen("Beep.dll")
ConsoleWrite("!>Dll Opened with handle " & $dll & @CRLF)
DllCall($dll,"int:cdecl","BeepEx","dword",200,"dword",1000)
ConsoleWrite("+>DLL Call... Happened" & @CRLF)
MsgBox(0,"","Beeeep!"); The beep will play while the msgbox is showing!
DllClose($dll)

With the console output:

>Running:(3.2.12.1):C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\autoit3.exe "C:\Documents and Settings\KentonBomb\My Documents\beep.au3"   
!>Dll Opened with handle -1
!>17:12:49 AutoIT3.exe ended.rc:-1073741819

So it seems to be breaking at the DLLCall because it did not open the DLL. I'll investigate.

[monoceres]

DllOpen is not working. It crashes before actual call

Compile again

Mah code:

With the console output:

>Running:(3.2.12.1):C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\autoit3.exe "C:\Documents and Settings\KentonBomb\My Documents\beep.au3"   
 !>Dll Opened with handle -1
 !>17:12:49 AutoIT3.exe ended.rc:-1073741819

So it seems to be breaking at the DLLCall because it did not open the DLL. I'll investigate.

I uploaded a fresh compile which worked great atm.

Please try again

[trancexx]

not working for me

works for you? that is strange

Edited September 5, 2008 by trancexx

[monoceres]

not working for me

works for you? that is strange

I just got it!

I compiled it in debug mode, that means that you will need the latest VC++ Redist.

I compiled it again as "Release" now it should work!

If not then the redist is probably needed:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en

[trancexx]

I just got it!

I compiled it in debug mode, that means that you will need the latest VC++ Redist.

I compiled it again as "Release" now it should work!

If not then the redist is probably needed:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en

yes, it works

so, gonna work on dlls now?