SystemSounds Class
Retrieves sounds associated with a set of Windows operating system sound-event types. This class cannot be inherited.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
The SystemSounds type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
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![]() ![]() | Asterisk | Gets the sound associated with the Asterisk program event in the current Windows sound scheme. |
![]() ![]() | Beep | Gets the sound associated with the Beep program event in the current Windows sound scheme. |
![]() ![]() | Exclamation | Gets the sound associated with the Exclamation program event in the current Windows sound scheme. |
![]() ![]() | Hand | Gets the sound associated with the Hand program event in the current Windows sound scheme. |
![]() ![]() | Question | Gets the sound associated with the Question program event in the current Windows sound scheme. |
| Name | Description | |
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![]() | Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
The SystemSounds class provides methods for retrieving the sounds associated with a set of operating system sound-event types for the current user. The sounds associated with each type of operating system sound event can be configured in Windows Control Panel.
SystemSounds provides static methods to access the sounds associated with the Asterisk, Beep, Exclamation, Hand and Question sound events. Each property returns a SystemSound that can be used to play the sound.
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The HostProtectionAttribute attribute applied to this type or member has the following Resources property value: UI. The HostProtectionAttribute does not affect desktop applications (which are typically started by double-clicking an icon, typing a command, or entering a URL in a browser). For more information, see the HostProtectionAttribute class or SQL Server Programming and Host Protection Attributes. |
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
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