Use xfa.host.beep to trigger two consecutive beeps?

Question

Seems like this should be pretty straight forward but apparently not.
I've tried various combinations, placing xfa.host.beep(1) in:
- consecutively in the click event of button;
- separately in the mouseUp and click event;
- placing xfa.host.beep into a function and calling the function twice
- calling the function then xfa.host.beep(1);
Even tried xfa.host.beep(1) in the click event of Button1 and then executing the click event of hidden Button 2, which contained xfa.host.beep(1).
Any work around suggestions? Thanks!
Brian

Answer 1

Hi,
You could pass in the xfa.host object so you could call the beep() method.  But in a custom dialog the setTimeOut doesn't work, so you could try looping for half a second between beeps.
function dialog()
var dialogDescriptor =
  description:
   name: "Beep Test",
   elements: [
     type: "button",
     item_id: "beep",
     name: "Beep Beep",
     type: "ok",
  beep : function(dialog)
   dialogObject.host.beep(1);
   var startTime = Date.now();
   while (Date.now() - startTime < 500) { }
   dialogObject.host.beep(1);
  validate : function(dialog)
   //add validate code here
   return true;
var dialogObject =
  execDialog: function() { return app.execDialog(dialogDescriptor); },
return dialogObject;
var d = dialog();
d.host = xfa.host;
d.execDialog();
Acrobat also has an app.beep(1) which you could use.
Regards
Bruce