[VFP] MessageBox() does not play a sound with Chr(7)

[cpyrgas]

When using MessageBox() with Chr(7), no beep is heard, no matter the sate of SET BELL.

I was unable to hear anything in VFP either, not by printing to Console or with MessageBox(), so I'm not sure what sounds should be played and under what conditions.

In X# when you use ? Chr(7) or ? "sometext"+Chr(7), or Console.WriteLine( Chr(7) ), a beep is heard, apparently supported by the Console class. Not sure if VFP uses the same sound, or soemthing different.

Also not sure if a sound should be heard if Chr(7) is used for the title or text of the message box or for either or them.

[Irwin1985]

Hi Chris, I was testing the Chr(7) with MessageBox in VFP9 but this doesn't trigger any system beep; it simply renders the character as a non-printable symbol. As you said, the sound is triggered only with ?CHR(7) when SET BELL is ON. I won't add this custom beep logic inside MESSAGEBOX() to avoid breaking compatibility with standard VFP expecations.

[cpyrgas]

Irwin, OK, thanks, will ask Peter again, because he said that Chr(7) can be used in a message box to signal a beep.