Exceed locks while Xbell is sounding.
LAST MODIFIED DATE: January 23, 2004 VERSION: This applies to Exceed version 7.0+ PROBLEM:
Exceed seems to "freeze" when playing sounds.
For example, send three "packets" to Exceed from Unix:
- Update List A.
- Play machine sound that is 10 seconds long.
- Update List B.
What happens is that Exceed does the "Update List A" and starts the sound, however, it then waits the entire 10 seconds before doing "Update List B."
Therefore, it appears "frozen" during the time the sound is being played.
SOLUTION:
If the PC is using the on board speaker to play the Xbell sound then there is nothing that can be done, because the built-in PC Speaker is a synchronous device, and nothing else can happen when it sounds.
If you have proper speakers attached to a sound card you can add the following flag to the win.ini file in the [Exceed] section:
UseAudioDevice=1
This will allow Exceed to send the Xbell to the sound card, and continue to perform other functions while the Xbell is sounding.
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