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From: pts@watt.acc.Virginia.EDU (Paul T. Shannon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: SysBeep in an xcmd
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Date: 3 Sep 89 17:49:04 GMT
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I've just written my first xcmd, in Lightspeed C, for HyperCard.  The program
is as simple as possible: it consists of only two lines:

          SysBeep (48);
          SysBeep (48);

When I compile this program, and run it as a normal Mac application, it behaves
as you (and IM) expect: two beeps that last on the order of a second each.
When I compile the program as a code resource (called 'myBeep'), use resedit 
to copy it to a simle HyperCard Stack, and run it from a HyperCard button 
script, I hear the two beeps as expected, but both are very short.  It's as
if the duration parameter (48) is completely lost.  Does anyone know what's
going on here?
 
 - Paul Shannon
   pts@virginia.edu