Play sounds from VBscript without displaying console

[Dougie]

I want to allow viewers of a web page to select a sound by clicking on a radio button and then play that sound by clicking another button. I don't want the screen display to change from the page they are viewing, i.e. I don't want that ghastly Media Player console to launch. How can I do this with VBscript?

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[Dougie]

I figured it out myself. In case it helps anyone else, this works in IE6.


<!-- this loads the sound silently -->

<embed id="sndTest" src="windows logon sound.wav" hidden="true" autostart="false">

<!-- and clicking this will play it -->

<input type="button" id="btnPlay" value="Play" onClick="VBscript:sndTest.play">