Can i make VS play a sound when build is done?

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Can i make VS play a sound when build is done?

Is this possible i know there are post build events and such but even when i try to print an ascii bell char to make it beep, it does not work.

it would just be good to know when the build is finished.

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Can i make VS play a sound when build is done?

  • AamirKhurshid

    ...does anyone else know why

  • Stefan van der Merwe

    For why Visual Studio doesn't have build sounds and what to do about it, see this thread: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=189939&SiteID=1

  • yema2001

    this works for VS .NET but not for VS2005. not sure why.

  • toby91355

    Actually, there's the Visual Studio 2005 IDE enhancements that includes the Event Toaster that will allow you to associate sounds with various Visual Studio 2005 events including build: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyID=cd7c6e48-e41b-48e3-881e-a0e6e97f9534&displaylang=en



  • Fahad349

    Thanks - I added the VB macro as described but no sound is ever played (i did change the .wav file path of course to be correct). In fact when i put a breakpoint in the macro it never gets hit. I have never used macros in VS so maybe i am missing something obvious. I would expect the bp to be hit though when i do a rebuild, right Any reason why it wouldn't.

    So basically, it seems like my new macro to play the sound is not running.

    Thanks for any help, George

  • elvis8900

    Assuming you are using the IDE, look in the Windows control panel: Sounds and Audio Settings". There should be entries for many of the Microsoft Development environment.

    Hope that helps.

    Otis Bricker
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