beepDuration

Type

property

Summary

Sets the length of the sound played by the beep command.

Syntax

set the beepDuration to <milliseconds>

Description

Use the beepDuration property to vary the length of the beep, in order to increase or decrease its urgency.

Set the beepDuration to -1 to use the default system setting.

The beepDuration has no effect on Windows systems, and on some Unix systems which don't allow changing the beep length.

Examples

set the beepDuration to 2000 -- two seconds

set the beepDuration to myBeep * 1000

Related

command: beep

glossary: property, Windows, Unix, command

keyword: default, integer

Compatibility and Support

Introduced

LiveCode 1.0

OS

linux

Platforms

desktop

server