How to: Play a Beep from a Windows Form

This example plays a beep at run time.

Example

Public Sub OnePing()
    Beep()
End Sub

public void onePing()
{
    SystemSounds.Beep.Play();
}

Visual C# Note
The sound played in the C# code sample is determined by the Beep system sound setting. For more information, see SystemSounds.

Compiling the Code

This example requires:

• (Visual Basic) A reference to the Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace.

• (C#) A reference to the System.Media namespace.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Play a System Sound from a Windows Form
How to: Play a Sound from a Windows Form

Reference

Beep Function
SoundPlayer

Other Resources

SoundPlayer Class