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 Sound & Multimedia

Do you know that Version 1.3 of the JavaTM 2 Platform 

includes  a powerful new API for capturing, processing, and 

playing back audio and MIDI (Musical Intstrument Digital Interface) data. 

You can read here more: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/guide/sound/index.html

I m doing a small console java app, and want to know what the function is to

make the pc speaker beep....

Answer: Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().beep();

Q: I would like to burn a CD from within my code, that way I won t have to waste

so much time making illegal copies of music. Is there a convenient way to do this in

Java?

Answer: Unfortunately Java doesn t provide any API for this : )

 Q: I use System.out.println("\007") to make a beep. It works fine with java.exe

version 2.2.2_007, but doesn t work when I use javaw.

It s said that java and javaw are exactly the same but apparently they have some

differences.

How I can use System.out.println("\007") to make a beep with javaw?

Answer: System.out.println sends a character to the standard output stream, which is

redirected to nowhere when you use javaw. Same would happen if you ran your

application under UNIX and redirected standard out to /dev/null. I d guess that your

code wouldn t work at all on a Macintosh.

To solve this problem, do what you need more directly, for example using

java.awt.Toolkit.beep instead of a non portable kludge with sending special ASCII

codes to an output stream.

Chris Smith

 Q: Just wondering if Java has classes and methods supporting joysticks? Is

there any sample code working with joysticks some where?

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