Playing sounds simultaneously

Hello,
I know I've asked this before, but I thought I'd try it one more time before I give up:
Is there a way to play .wav files simulatneously without DirectX?

Also, can someone give me a list of how to do all of the different smilies? :) ;) :(
Thanks a lot.

1. Look around this site. I've answered it at least twice before. It has to do with SND_ASYNC and SND_SYNC constants in the flags part of the SndPlaySound API. It's here somewhere.

2. http://www.vb-world.net/ubb/smilies.html

bob

Ok, thanks, I'll have a look. Here's what I'm using now to play a single file:

Code:

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Private Declare Function sndPlaySound Lib "winmm.dll" Alias "sndPlaySoundA" _
(ByVal lpszSoundName As String, ByVal uFlags As Long) As Long
Const SND_SYNC = &H0
Const SND_ASYNC = &H1
Const SND_NODEFAULT = &H2
Const SND_LOOP = &H8
Const SND_NOSTOP = &H10

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(THose were the declarations. Here's the code to play a file:

Code:

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SoundFile$ = "c:\Windows\test.wav"
wFlags% = SND_ASYNC Or SND_NODEFAULT
x% = sndPlaySound(SoundFile$, wFlags%)

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It would be cool if someone could make an ActiveX control to play wav files at the same time, choose when to stop them, etc.
Thanks.

Don't you hate it when the problem is one letter? Try removing the Letter A from SND_ASYNC so you get SND_SYNC. In English, that changes it from asynchronous (different times) to synchronous (same time). (I love latin) Anyway, with that flag changed, you can have a bunch of sndPlaySounds running at the same time (Synchronously).

bob

Gees, I didn't notice that!
Thanks a lot!