Sounding a Beep
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Sounding a Beep
To sound a beep on a portable, use an Output node with the Source option set
to Constant and
Destination set to System.
Figure 128. Output Beep Node
In the constant field, enter the human readable text of one of the following
codes:
You can enter more than one code, for multiple tones. For example, .+.-.+
sounds a high beep followed by a low beep followed by another high beep.
Padding a Number with Leading Zeros
Many database programs use fixed-length fields, which means that values stored
in them must be a given number of characters long. Values with fewer than the
required characters can be “padded” with zeros at the beginning; the value 12,
for example, would appear as 0012. Tip14.scrn, illustrated in
Figure 129
on page 158 uses a combination of Modify nodes, Copy nodes, and two tem-
plates to pad a number with leading zeros.
Sounds a high beep
Sounds a low beep
.+
.-
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