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XS✔ ◾ Rename rule and update uri #7484

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3 changes: 1 addition & 2 deletions ...ries/design-and-presentation/rules-to-better-interfaces-windows-applications.md
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- title-bar-do-you-put-your-company-url-in-the-title-bar
- menu-do-you-use-icons-in-menu
- sound-do-you-realize-the-importance-of-sounds-to-user-interface
- sound-did-you-know-that-a-message-box-automatically-plays-a-beep
- sound-message-box
- long-process-do-you-know-how-to-make-long-running-processes-user-friendly
- long-process-do-you-show-the-status-of-progress-bar-on-winforms-title
- long-process-do-you-know-that-long-running-processes-should-allow-to-skip-the-processing-when-appropriate
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Since 1990, SSW has supported the developer community by publishing all our best practices and rules for everyone to see.

If you still need help, visit [Website Design and User Experience](http://www.ssw.com.au/ssw/Consulting/WebsiteDesignAndUserExperience.aspx) and book in a consultant.

29 changes: 16 additions & 13 deletions ...ge-box-automatically-plays-a-beep/rule.md → rules/sound-message-box/rule.md
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---
type: rule
title: Sound - Did you know that a message box automatically plays a beep?
uri: sound-did-you-know-that-a-message-box-automatically-plays-a-beep
uri: sound-message-box
authors:
- title: Adam Cogan
url: https://ssw.com.au/people/adam-cogan
related: []
redirects: []
redirects:
- sound-did-you-know-that-a-message-box-automatically-plays-a-beep
created: 2012-11-27T02:57:30.000Z
archivedreason: null
guid: 81d5da16-4a3d-420e-b92c-f73a0791b290
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![Figure: Good example - Windows message boxes plays a sound... which cannot be captured in screenshot form.](../../assets/Win7SoundError.png)
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```vbnet
Dim Message As String = "You did not enter a server name. Cancel this operation?"
Dim Caption As String = "No Server Name Specified"
Dim Buttons As Integer = MessageBoxButtons.YesNo
Beep()
result = MessageBox.Show( Me, Message, Caption, Buttons)
```csharp
string message = "You did not enter a server name. Cancel this operation?";
string caption = "No Server Name Specified";
MessageBoxButtons buttons = MessageBoxButtons.YesNo;
System.Media.SystemSounds.Beep.Play();
DialogResult result = MessageBox.Show(this, message, caption, buttons);
```

::: bad
Figure: Bad example - The sound on the button is hardcoded in this code snippet
:::

```vbnet
Dim Message As String = "You did not enter a server name. Cancel this operation?"
Dim Caption As String = "No Server Name Specified"
Dim Buttons As Integer = MessageBoxButtons.YesNo
result = MessageBox.Show( Me, Message, Caption, Buttons)
```csharp
string message = "You did not enter a server name. Cancel this operation?";
string caption = "No Server Name Specified";
MessageBoxButtons buttons = MessageBoxButtons.YesNo;
DialogResult result = MessageBox.Show(this, message, caption, buttons);
```

::: good
Figure: Good example - The code is not present in this example as it is automatically done
:::