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Playing a wave sound upon application start
hello. i want to add some interactivity to my program and play .wav sound files upon certain user actions. how can i play wave sounds in visualbasic.net?
best regards, chris
best regards, chris
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You can save some of the hassle by adding the Windows Media Player to your application either by simply adding teh com component to you toolbox and then using it as any other control or by downloading teh Windows Media Player 9 SDK which has a set of handeled classes for the Media Player.
Com Way:
Right click on your toolbox and select Add/Remove
Change to the COM tab and then scroll down the list for Windows Media Player (WMP.DLL) and add it
Drag the new icon to your form
Set visible to false
add this code to your Forms Load event
With AxWindowsMediaPlayer1
.launchURL(strFilePath)
End With
SDK way:
Create a reference to the WMPlib.dll extracted during the installation of the media player SDK in your application, using the add reference option on the project menu again from teh com tab
Add Imports WMPLib to teh start of your class
then create a new instance of the windows media player as below
Dim WMP As New WindowsMediaPlayer
With WMP
.launchURL(strFilePath)
End With
hope it helps... good luck
By the way also if you use either the WMP9 or 10 SDK in your app and use WMA sound files you can use the Designed for Windows Media Player logo for your application... http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/licensing/logo.aspx
Com Way:
Right click on your toolbox and select Add/Remove
Change to the COM tab and then scroll down the list for Windows Media Player (WMP.DLL) and add it
Drag the new icon to your form
Set visible to false
add this code to your Forms Load event
With AxWindowsMediaPlayer1
.launchURL(strFilePath)
End With
SDK way:
Create a reference to the WMPlib.dll extracted during the installation of the media player SDK in your application, using the add reference option on the project menu again from teh com tab
Add Imports WMPLib to teh start of your class
then create a new instance of the windows media player as below
Dim WMP As New WindowsMediaPlayer
With WMP
.launchURL(strFilePath)
End With
hope it helps... good luck
By the way also if you use either the WMP9 or 10 SDK in your app and use WMA sound files you can use the Designed for Windows Media Player logo for your application... http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/licensing/logo.aspx