Updated: April 2009
Plays the sound of a beep through the console speaker.
(in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
<HostProtectionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, UI := True)> _
Public Shared Sub Beep
[HostProtectionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, UI = true)]
public static void Beep()
[HostProtectionAttribute(SecurityAction::LinkDemand, UI = true)]
public:
static void Beep()
public static function Beep()
| Exception | Condition |
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| HostProtectionException | This method was executed on a server, such as SQL Server, that does not permit access to a user interface. |
By default, the beep plays at a frequency of 800 hertz for a duration of 200 milliseconds.
.gif) Note: |
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The Beep method is not supported on the 64-bit editions of Windows Vista and Windows XP. |
The following example demonstrates the Beep method. The example accepts a number from 1 through 9 as a command line argument, and plays the beep that number of times.
' This example demonstrates the Console.Beep() method.
Imports System
Class Sample
Public Shared Sub Main(args() As String)
Dim x As Integer = 0
Dim i As Integer
'
If (args.Length = 1) _
AndAlso (Int32.TryParse(args(0), x) = True) _
AndAlso ((x >= 1) AndAlso (x <= 9)) Then
For i = 1 To x
Console.WriteLine("Beep number {0}.", i)
Console.Beep()
Next i
Else
Console.WriteLine("Usage: Enter the number of times (between 1 and 9) to beep.")
End If
End Sub 'Main
End Class 'Sample
'
'This example produces the following results:
'
'>beep
'Usage: Enter the number of times (between 1 and 9) to beep
'
'>beep 9
'Beep number 1.
'Beep number 2.
'Beep number 3.
'Beep number 4.
'Beep number 5.
'Beep number 6.
'Beep number 7.
'Beep number 8.
'Beep number 9.
'
// This example demonstrates the Console.Beep() method.
using System;
class Sample
{
public static void Main(String[] args)
{
int x = 0;
//
if ((args.Length == 1) &&
(Int32.TryParse(args[0], out x) == true) &&
((x >= 1) && (x <= 9)))
{
for (int i = 1; i <= x; i++)
{
Console.WriteLine("Beep number {0}.", i);
Console.Beep();
}
}
else
Console.WriteLine("Usage: Enter the number of times (between 1 and 9) to beep.");
}
}
/*
This example produces the following results:
>beep
Usage: Enter the number of times (between 1 and 9) to beep
>beep 9
Beep number 1.
Beep number 2.
Beep number 3.
Beep number 4.
Beep number 5.
Beep number 6.
Beep number 7.
Beep number 8.
Beep number 9.
*/
// This example demonstrates the Console.Beep() method.
using namespace System;
int main()
{
array<String^>^args = Environment::GetCommandLineArgs();
int x = 0;
//
if ( (args->Length == 2) && (Int32::TryParse( args[ 1 ], x ) == true) && ((x >= 1) && (x <= 9)) )
{
for ( int i = 1; i <= x; i++ )
{
Console::WriteLine( "Beep number {0}.", i );
Console::Beep();
}
}
else
Console::WriteLine( "Usage: Enter the number of times (between 1 and 9) to beep." );
}
/*
This example produces the following results:
>beep
Usage: Enter the number of times (between 1 and 9) to beep
>beep 9
Beep number 1.
Beep number 2.
Beep number 3.
Beep number 4.
Beep number 5.
Beep number 6.
Beep number 7.
Beep number 8.
Beep number 9.
*/
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
Reference
Date | History | Reason |
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April 2009
| Added platform information. |
Content bug fix.
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