                                  BE BEEP 
 

Description:   Sounds a tone or series of tones on the system's internal
               speaker. 
 

Syntax:        Version 4.5:   BE BEEP [(drive:)][(path)](filespec) [/E] 

                              BE BEEP [/F(n)] [/D(n)] [/R(n)] [/W(n)] 
 
 

                                Parameters: 
 

(drive:)       The single-letter specifier (A:, B:, C:, etc.) for the drive
               containing the file you want to use. Follow the letter with a
               colon. Your current drive is the default. 
 
(path)         The full name (C:\WP\LETTERS) of the directory in which the
               file is defined. The current directory for the designated
               drive is the default. 
 
(filespec)     The name of the file containing tone values BE BEEP can sound.

               Each line in the file can contain frequency (/F), duration
               (/D), repetition (/R), and wait (/W) specification parameters.
               Each line in the file can contain a comment; specify the
               beginning of a comment with a semicolon. See the example
               below. 
 
/D(n)          Specifies the duration of the sound in eighteenths of a
               second. For example, /D18 sounds the frequency for one second.
               The number must be a positive integer. If you specify neither
               the /D parameter nor the /F parameter, BE BEEP sounds the
               computer's default tone. If you specify /F without specifying
               /D, the frequency sounds for approximately one-half second
               (/D9). 
 
/E             If you specify (filespec), causes BE BEEP to display any
               comments that are enclosed in double-quote marks. 
 
/F(n)          Specifies the frequency of the sound in cycles per second
               (Hz). The number must be a positive integer. Middle C is
               approximately 262. See <NUFREQ> for an extensive list of
               frequencies. If you do not specify this parameter, BE BEEP
               sounds the computer's default frequency. 







 
/R(n)          Specifies the number of times BE BEEP repeats the sound. The
               number must be a positive integer. 
 
/W(n)          Specifies the wait period at the end of each tone in
               eighteenths of a second. The wait period is the time between
               beeps. The number must be a positive integer. Note that if you
               specify the /R parameter, no sound occurs during the wait
               period at the end of each repetition of the tone. 
 







Example:       To play the song ``Three Blind Mice'' from a stored file and
               to display the words as the notes are played, enter:

               BE BEEP mice.dat /E 
 
 
               MICE.DAT contains: 

               ;    Three Blind Mice 
               ;    Freq. Dur. Wait Rep.   Note    Words: 
               BEEP F659  D10           ;  E       "Three" 
               BEEP F587  D10           ;  D       "Blind" 
               BEEP F523  D10  W10      ;  C       "Mice.  " 
               BEEP F659  D10           ;  E       "Three" 
               BEEP F587  D10           ;  D       "Blind" 
               BEEP F523  D10  W10      ;  C       "Mice.  " 
               BEEP F784  D10           ;  G       "See" 
               BEEP F698  D5        /R2 ;  F, F    "How They" 
               BEEP F659  D10  W10      ;  E       "Run!" 
               BEEP F784  D10           ;  G       "See" 
               BEEP F698  D5        /R2 ;  F, F    "How They" 
               BEEP F659  D10  W10      ;  E       "Run!" 
 
See:           <NUFREQ>. 
