Beep Macro Action

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You can use the Beep action to sound a beep tone through the computer's speaker.

Setting

The Beep action doesn't have any arguments.

Remarks

You can use the Beep action to signal the following occurrences:

  • Important screen changes have occurred.
  • The wrong kind of data has been entered in a control. For example, the user has entered numeric data in a text box control.
  • A macro has reached a specified point or has completed its actions.

The frequency and duration of the beep depend on the hardware, which may vary between computers.

To run the Beep action in a Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) module, use the Beep method of the DoCmd object.