System Sounds

[Perdrix]

I can get a beep out of my application using QApplication::beep().

On Windows at least the system has a gamut of different event types and associated sounds. I'd like to be able to do something like:

QApplication::systemSound(Qt::EventType::CriticalStop)

I realise that using names specific to Windows won't fly, but I was wondering if Qt has something that's a cross platform Qt analogue that I failed to find in the docs.

Thanks, David

[SGaist]

Hi,

AFAIK, no, you did not miss anything.

The function comes from a time where there weren't that many fancy sounds :-)

Depending on what you would like to do, QSoundEffect could be a replacement but you will have to provide your own sounds.

[Perdrix]

@SGaist Oh well, "So ist das leben!". Thanks, D.

[SimonSchroeder]

I assume QApplication::beep() is just sending \a to the console. This would also the reason why this cannot be expanded to other system sounds.