RE: Alex beep code example threads
- From: "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 19:13:18 -0700
Nod if you have the boost library installed on devc++ the command line to
compile my example is
G++ -l boost_thread-mt beep.cpp -o beep
You will also need the boost_thread dll in the directory of your executable
or registered on your machine.
Now if you look in your dev c++ include and you don't see the boost
directory you might have to go get it. Unless of course they install it in
its own directory but I doubt it. Its not hard to install but its not easy
to find the install instructions so again if you have any problems let me
know.
Also if you want me to send an exe of my example I will send it to your
email but I will have to zip it up of course because my servers spam filter
won't let me send exe files any more than get them.
Ken
-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Hall
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 6:44 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: re: Alex beep code example threads
Thanks for the example!! I will try it to find out if I have the boost
libraries. I never knew there was a function to beep the sound card, I will
look into that. I want this to work whether I have my speakers on or not,
mainly for my dorm where my only speakers are headphones I am not always
wearing. I can have them both beep, though... I will keep tweeking it, as
well as put it onto my pc in my compiler so I can see just how it works;
reading it in braille on my braillenote is not quite the same thing. I
always thought braille would be easier for coding, but I am now so used to
speech that using braille is often slower and more confusing.
Anyway, thanks again and I will let you know if I do not have the boost
library.
Have a great day,
Alex
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date sent: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 18:21:20 -0700
>Subject: Alex beep code example threads
>Alex I want to first say if I was doing this I would make sure to
not use
>just beep and I would code in a call to the wave function so you
could use a
>sound card. I guess if the person didn't have a sound card you
could check
>for it and then use the pc speaker. With that said I liked your
little
>project and though I would show you how it would be done with the
boost
>thread and date libraries. Now if you don't have boost installed
I can tell
>you how to do that if you want to. Here is the code that I made
though and
>it works.
>#include "boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp"
>#include <boost/thread.hpp
>#include <boost/bind.hpp
>#include <iostream
>#include <windows.h
>#include <string
>using namespace boost::posix_time;
>using namespace boost::gregorian;
>using namespace std;
>enum PERIOD
>{
> HOUR,
> QUARTER,
> HALF,
> THREEQUARTER,
>};
>bool
> beeps = true;
>void
>chime (PERIOD when)
>{
> int
> chimes = 0; // used to repeat chimes for the
minutes
> long LastChime;//used to not repeat when it has already chimed //get
> the current time from the clock -- one second resolution ptime now =
> second_clock::local_time ();
>//set the start last_time so that it doesn't ring instantly
> if (when == HOUR)
> LastChime = now.time_of_day ().hours ();
> else
> LastChime = now.time_of_day ().minutes ();
> while (1)
> {
> Sleep (1000);
> now = second_clock::local_time ();
> if (beeps == true)
> {
> switch (when)
> {
> case HOUR:
> if (LastChime != now.time_of_day ().hours ())
> {
> for (long i = 0; i < now.time_of_day ().hours ();
i++)
> {
> Beep (244, 500);
> Sleep (500);
> }
> LastChime = now.time_of_day ().hours ();
> }
> break;
> case QUARTER:
> if ((LastChime != now.time_of_day ().minutes ()) &&
> (now.time_of_day ().minutes () == 15))
> chimes = 1;
> break;
> case HALF:
> if ((LastChime != now.time_of_day ().minutes ()) &&
> (now.time_of_day ().minutes () == 30))
> chimes = 2;
> break;
> case THREEQUARTER:
> if ((LastChime != now.time_of_day ().minutes ()) &&
> (now.time_of_day ().minutes () == 45))
> chimes = 3;
> break;
> }; //end switch
> if (chimes > 0)
> {
> for (; chimes > 0; chimes--)
> {
> Beep (488, 500);
> Sleep (500);
> }
> LastChime = now.time_of_day ().minutes ();
> }
> } //end if beeps true
> } //end while
>}
>void
>input ()
>{
> string
> cmd;
> while (1)
> {
> cin >> cmd;
> if (cmd[0] == 'b')
> {
> beeps = true;
> cout << "Beeps turned on." << endl;
> }
> else if (cmd[0] == 's')
> {
> beeps = false;
> cout << "Beeps turned off." << endl;
> }
> else if (cmd[0] == 'q')
> {
> cout << "Turning off beeper." << endl;
> exit (0);
> }
> }
>}
>int
>main ()
>{
> boost::thread_group Tg;
> Tg.create_thread (boost::bind (chime, HOUR));
> Tg.create_thread (boost::bind (chime, QUARTER));
> Tg.create_thread (boost::bind (chime, HALF));
> Tg.create_thread (boost::bind (chime, THREEQUARTER));
> Tg.create_thread (boost::bind (input));
> Tg.join_all ();
> std::cout << "Done! =)" << std::endl;
> std::cin.get ();
> return 0;
>}
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