playing wav files

[vbgladiator]

Hey,

How can I play a wave file in vb.net?
I don't want any external player showing up. It can be used, but I don't want it showing up.

Thanks,

[CadDragon]

Got this from MSDN... Works ok for me..

Public Class SoundClass
        Declare Auto Function PlaySound Lib "winmm.dll" (ByVal name _
           As String, ByVal hmod As Integer, ByVal flags As Integer) As Integer
        ' name specifies the sound file when the SND_FILENAME flag is set.
        ' hmod specifies an executable file handle.
        ' hmod must be Nothing if the SND_RESOURCE flag is not set.
        ' flags specifies which flags are set. 
 
        ' The PlaySound documentation lists all valid flags.
        Public Const SND_SYNC = &H0          ' play synchronously
        Public Const SND_ASYNC = &H1         ' play asynchronously
        Public Const SND_FILENAME = &H20000  ' name is file name
        Public Const SND_RESOURCE = &H40004  ' name is resource name or atom
 
        Public Sub PlaySoundFile(ByVal filename As String)
            ' Plays a sound from filename.
            PlaySound(filename, Nothing, SND_FILENAME Or SND_ASYNC)
        End Sub
    End Class
 
 
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim SoundInst As New SoundClass
        SoundInst.PlaySoundFile("C:\Soundfile.wav")
    End Sub

[kleinma]

Public Class MM
    Private Declare Auto Function PlaySound Lib "winmm.dll" _
  (ByVal lpszSoundName As String, ByVal hModule As Integer, _
   ByVal dwFlags As Integer) As Integer
 
    Private Const SND_FILENAME As Integer = &H20000
 
    Public Shared Function PlayWav(ByVal fileFullPath As String) As Boolean
 
        Dim iRet As Integer = 0
 
        Try
            iRet = PlaySound(fileFullPath, 0, SND_FILENAME)
        Catch
        End Try
 
        Return iRet <> 0
 
    End Function
End Class

[rwth1982]

Hi, I'm new to the forums. I was just wondering, is there any way to play a wav on a form load? I already know how to do it for a button click.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

[kleinma]

you would put the code in the form load event instead of the button click event

[RobDog888]

Is there a purely .NET way to code it? I notice that the older Win32 API call is used.

[kleinma]

Is there a purely .NET way to code it? I notice that the older Win32 API call is used.

no not until 2005

[tr333]

http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickst...playsounds.src

this sample shows how to play an embedded resource wav file.