Private Declare Function Beep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwFreq As Long, ByVal dwDuration As Long) As Long Private Sub Form_Activate() Dim Cnt As Long For Cnt = 0 To 5000 Step 10 'play a tone of 'Cnt' hertz, for 50 milliseconds Beep Cnt, 50 Me.Caption = Cnt DoEvents Next Cnt End Sub