playing waves

does anyone know how to play wave file, WITHOUT using any special control for it (with api maybe...)?

Like this:

'--[Form1.frm]------------------------
option Explicit
Const pathWavFiles = "C:\WinNT\Media\"
private Sub Command1_Click()
PlayWav "tada.wav"
End Sub
Sub PlayWav(SoundName as string)
Dim tmpSoundName as string
Dim wFlags%, X%
tmpSoundName = pathWavFiles & SoundName
wFlags% = SND_ASYNC Or SND_NODEFAULT
X% = sndPlaySound(tmpSoundName, wFlags%)
End Sub
'-------------------------------------

'--[Module1.bas]----------------------
' WAV Sound values
Global Const SND_SYNC = &H0
Global Const SND_ASYNC = &H1
Global Const SND_NODEFAULT = &H2
Global Const SND_LOOP = &H8
Global Const SND_NOSTOP = &H10

#If Win32 then
public Declare Function sndPlaySound& _
Lib "winmm.dll" Alias "sndPlaySoundA" _
(byval lpszSoundName as string, byval uFlags as Long)
#else
public Declare Function sndPlaySound% _
Lib "mmsystem.dll" (byval lpszSoundName _
as string, byval uFlags as Integer)
#End If 'WIN32
'-------------------------------------




hope this helps,

John

John Pirkey
MCSD
www.ShallowWaterSystems.com

'forms declarations:
Private Declare Function sndPlaySound Lib "winmm.dll" Alias "sndPlaySoundA"(ByVal lpszSoundName as String, ByVal uFlags as Long) As Long

'CODE

Dim filename as String
Dim rc as Long
filename = "C:\windows\media\the microsoft sound.wav"
rc = sndPlaySound(filename, 1)

' put that peave of code ^ there in whatever you want when to play the wave file



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