Sound Effects

[GingerNut]

Hi guys,

I'm making up a pong game and I'm having trouble with the sounds. I want to be able to play a sound everytime the ball hits a wall. I'm using the following code:

If BallX < 0 Then
BallX = 0
BallXDir = 1
RtnValue = sndPlaySound(Bounce, SND_ASYNC Or SND_MEMORY)

The sound has been stored here:

Dim Buffer As String
Dim F As Integer
Dim SoundBuffer As String
On Error GoTo NoiseGet_Error
Buffer = Space(1024)
SoundBuffer = ""
F = FreeFile
Open FileName For Binary As F
Do While Not EOF(F)
Get #F, , Buffer
SoundBuffer = SoundBuffer & Buffer
Loop
Close F
StoreSound = Trim(SoundBuffer)
Exit Function
NoiseGet_Error:
SoundBuffer = ""
Exit Function

And in the form load:
Bounce = StoreSound(App.Path + "Bounce.wav")

I think I've declared everything I should:

Private Declare Function sndPlaySound Lib "winmm.dll" Alias "sndPlaySoundA" (ByVal lpszSoundName As String, ByVal uFlags As Long) As Long
Private Const SND_ASYNC = &H1
Private Const SND_SYNC = &H0
Private Const SND_MEMORY = &H4


But the sound won't play. Can you see where I might have gone wrong? Maybe I left something out.

Thanks.

[MarkT]

I would try changing it to somthing like this.

Option Explicit
'I think I've declared everything I should:
Private Declare Function sndPlaySound Lib "winmm.dll" Alias "sndPlaySoundA" (ByVal lpszSoundName As String, ByVal uFlags As Long) As Long
Private Const SND_ASYNC = &H1
Private Const SND_SYNC = &H0
Private Const SND_MEMORY = &H4
Private Const SND_FILENAME = &H20000 '<==added
 
Dim strPath As String  '<==added
Dim Bounce As String  '<===added
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
    'And in the form load:
    If Right(App.Path, 1) = "\" Then
        strPath = App.Path
    Else
        strPath = App.Path & "\"
    End If
    
    Bounce = strPath & "Bounce.wav"
End Sub
 
'   In some procedure
If BallX < 0 Then
    BallX = 0
    BallXDir = 1
    'RtnValue = sndPlaySound(Bounce, SND_ASYNC Or SND_MEMORY)
    RtnValue = sndPlaySound(Bounce, SND_FILENAME Or SND_ASYNC) '<===added
End If

[GingerNut]

Works a treat!!!
Thanks.