Is there any way to play a .wav w/o using a control?

Is there?

Try the PlaySound Win API function (winmm.dll) << I think that was the name.

The API Viewer probably has the declaration for that call.

Code:

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Declare Function sndPlaySound Lib "winmm.dll" Alias "sndPlaySoundA" (ByVal lpszSoundName As String, ByVal uFlags As Long) As Long
Global Const SND_ASYNC = &H1
Global Const SND_NODEFAULT = &H2

Sub Playwav(file)
SoundName$ = file
wFlags% = SND_ASYNC Or SND_NODEFAULT
X% = sndPlaySound(SoundName$, wFlags%): NoFreeze% = DoEvents()
End Sub

Usage:
Call Playwav("C:\opera.wav")
you can also stop a wav:
Call Playwav(" ")

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Hope that helps.



[Edited by Matthew Gates on 07-17-2000 at 01:57 AM]