SOUNDSENTRY

The SOUNDSENTRY structure contains information about the SoundSentry accessibility feature. When the SoundSentry feature is on, the computer displays a visual indication only when a sound is generated.

Windows 95/98: The visual indication is displayed when a sound is generated through the computer's internal speaker.

Windows NT/2000: The visual indication is displayed when a sound is generated through either the multimedia sound services or through the computer's speaker.

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typedef struct tagSOUNDSENTRY {
    UINT   cbSize; 
    DWORD  dwFlags; 
    DWORD  iFSTextEffect; 
    DWORD  iFSTextEffectMSec; 
    DWORD  iFSTextEffectColorBits; 
    DWORD  iFSGrafEffect; 
    DWORD  iFSGrafEffectMSec; 
    DWORD  iFSGrafEffectColor; 
    DWORD  iWindowsEffect; 
    DWORD  iWindowsEffectMSec; 
    LPTSTR lpszWindowsEffectDLL; 
    DWORD iWindowsEffectOrdinal; 
} SOUNDSENTRY, *LPSOUNDSENTRY;

Members

cbSize
Specifies the size, in bytes, of this structure.
dwFlags
A set of bit flags that specify properties of the SoundSentry feature. The following bit-flag values are defined:
Value Meaning
SSF_AVAILABLE If this flag is set, the SoundSentry feature is available.
SSF_INDICATOR This flag is not implemented.
SSF_SOUNDSENTRYON If this flag is set, the SoundSentry feature is on.

iFSTextEffect
Windows 95/98: Specifies the visual signal to present when a text-mode application generates a sound while running in a full-screen virtual machine. This member can be one of the following values:
Value Meaning
SSTF_BORDER Flash the screen border (that is, the overscan area), which is unavailable on some displays.
SSTF_CHARS Flash characters in the corner of the screen.
SSTF_DISPLAY Flash the entire display.
SSTF_NONE No visual signal.

Windows NT/2000: This member is reserved for future use. It must be set to zero.

iFSTextEffectMSec
Windows 95/98: Specifies the duration, in milliseconds, of the visual signal that is displayed when a full-screen, text-mode application generates a sound.

Windows NT/2000: This member is reserved for future use. It must be set to zero.

iFSTextEffectColorBits
Windows 95/98: Specifies the RGB value of the color to be used when displaying the visual signal shown when a full-screen, text-mode application generates a sound.

Windows NT/2000: This member is reserved for future use. It must be set to zero.

iFSGrafEffect
Windows 95/98: Specifies the visual signal to present when a graphics-mode application generates a sound while running in a full-screen virtual machine. This member can be one of the following values:
Value Meaning
SSGF_DISPLAY Flash the entire display.
SSGF_NONE No visual signal.

Windows NT/2000: This member is reserved for future use. It must be set to zero.

iFSGrafEffectMSec
Windows 95/98: Specifies the duration, in milliseconds, of the visual signal that is displayed when a full-screen, graphics-mode application generates a sound.

Windows NT/2000: This member is reserved for future use. It must be set to zero.

iFSGrafEffectColor
Windows 95/98: Specifies the RGB value of the color to be used when displaying the visual signal shown when a full-screen, graphics-mode application generates a sound.

Windows NT/2000: This member is reserved for future use. It must be set to zero.

iWindowsEffect
Specifies the visual signal to display when a sound is generated by a Windows-based application or an MS-DOS application running in a window. This member can be one of the following values:
Value Meaning
SSWF_DISPLAY Flash the entire display.
SSWF_NONE No visual signal.
SSWF_TITLE Flash the title bar of the active window.
SSWF_WINDOW Flash the active window.

iWindowsEffectMSec
Windows 95/98: Specifies the duration, in milliseconds, of the visual signal that is displayed when a Win32-based application (or an application running in a window) generates a sound.

Windows NT/2000: This member is reserved for future use. It must be set to zero.

lpszWindowsEffectDLL
This member is reserved for future use. It should be set to NULL.
iWindowsEffectOrdinal
This member is reserved for future use. It must be set to zero.

Remarks

An application uses a SOUNDSENTRY structure when calling the SystemParametersInfo function with the uiAction parameter set to SPI_GETSOUNDSENTRY or SPI_SETSOUNDSENTRY. When using SPI_GETSOUNDSENTRY, an application must specify the cbSize member of the SOUNDSENTRY structure; the SystemParametersInfo function fills the remaining members. An application must specify the cbSize, dwFlags, and iWindowsEffect members when using the SPI_SETSOUNDSENTRY value.

Requirements

  Windows NT/2000/XP: Included in Windows NT 3.1 or later.
  Windows 95/98/Me: Included in Windows 95 or later.
  Header: Declared in Winuser.h; include Windows.h.

See Also

Accessibility Structures, SoundSentryProc, SystemParametersInfo

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