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List:       sas-l
Subject:    Re: Two Questions: Bell, and Filename
From:       "Alan M. Sherkow" <alsherko () EXECPC ! COM>
Date:       1997-08-30 18:41:23
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At 08:04 PM 8/29/97 -0400, you wrote:
>DNordlund wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >Tom Abernathy wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, 27 Aug 1997, Anthony Ayiomamitis wrote:
>> >> > Hi Marj,
>> >> >    I know what the problem is below and it is quite frustrating and
>> >> > UNNECESSARY! One cannot use functions within the PUT statement. Try
>> >> > something like the following:
>> >> >
>> >> >     data _null_;
>> >> >          bell = byte (7);
>> >> >          put @01 bell;
>> >> >     run;
>> >> >
>> >> > Anthony.
>> >> Why not just code it as a character constant?
>> >>
>> >> PUT @1 '07'X ;
>> >>
>> >
>> >Tom,
>> >
>> >    I have absolutely no problem with the character constant ... for
>> >maintenance work (a very mute point here), it may be easier to decipher
>> >the code with the variable assignment first and then using the variable
>> >itself with the put statement.
>> >
>> >Anthony.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> There have been a number of suggestions of how to produce an audible alert
>> when a batch job finishes (I believe the original question had to do with
>> UNIX platform).  Many of the suggestions involved trying to PUT an ascii or
>> hex 07 to the log file.  This will not sound the 'bell', it simply puts a
>> 'non printable' character into the log file.
>>
>> In order to produce a sound the 'bell' character must be sent to the
>> console device.  I haven't been succesful in figuring out how to do that in
>> Win95 (or UNIX) yet.
>>
>> I have tried using the CALL SOUND(freq,duration) approach, but haven't
>> been able to produce an audible sound. Maybe someone else will have more
>> success.
>>
>
>Dan,
>
>    Try something like the following which does make a sound under UNIX:
>
>    data _null_;
>         call sound (100, 200);
>    run;
>
>Anthony.
>

Anthony, Tom, Dan
  Works with 6.12 on Windows95 also:

    data _null_;
         call sound (100, 200);
    run;

Though to me, "call sound(523,320);" sounds better.

al



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