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

Is there?

[HaxSoft]

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

The API Viewer probably has the declaration for that call.

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(" ")

Hope that helps.



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