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Henry Wilson - 07 Mar 2010 11:35 GMT

I want to write a VB6 program that allows me to play a short sound when I click
a form. The file will have been previously created and stored as a file.

Is this possible ? If so, is there a limitation on what kind of files can be
played?

'Help' is very vague on this. I cannot seem to do it using 'sound.note' and
'sound.play'...I just get error messages.

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Auric__ - 07 Mar 2010 18:45 GMT

> I want to write a VB6 program that allows me to play a short sound when
> I click a form. The file will have been previously created and stored as
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> 'Help' is very vague on this. I cannot seem to do it using 'sound.note'
> and 'sound.play'...I just get error messages.

Look into the sndPlaySound API. MSDN info:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa909803.aspx

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Henry Wilson - 07 Mar 2010 21:45 GMT

>> I want to write a VB6 program that allows me to play a short sound when
>> I click a form. The file will have been previously created and stored as
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>Look into the sndPlaySound API. MSDN info:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa909803.aspx

Thanks.

What is missing here?
I copy the example code provided into a simple VB6 form:

Private Sub Form_Click()
PlaySound (TEXT("\\SOUNDS\\chimes.WAV") , NULL, SND_SYNC);
End Sub

...and get a syntax error message.

The file exists. Do I have to identify it in another way?

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Auric__ - 08 Mar 2010 13:43 GMT

>>> I want to write a VB6 program that allows me to play a short sound
>>> when I click a form. The file will have been previously created and
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>
> The file exists. Do I have to identify it in another way?

Non-language-specific sample code on MSDN is in C++, not VB. You need to
change the sample to something like this:
Public Const SND_SYNC = &H0
Private Sub Form_Click()
PlaySound ("path\to\wavefile.wav", vbNull, SND_SYNC)
End Sub

AllAPI has a some VB sample code here:
http://allapi.mentalis.org/apilist/PlaySound.shtml

Go to the bottom and click the example link.

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Henry Wilson - 08 Mar 2010 20:24 GMT

>>>> I want to write a VB6 program that allows me to play a short sound
>>>> when I click a form. The file will have been previously created and
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>
>Go to the bottom and click the example link.

Fantastic!

Thanks for that....

It will only play .wav files, I gather.

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Auric__ - 08 Mar 2010 21:13 GMT

>>>>> I want to write a VB6 program that allows me to play a short sound
>>>>> when I click a form. The file will have been previously created and
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>
> It will only play .wav files, I gather.

I don't know. I don't use sounds in my programs. Ever. (The docs seem to
suggest that other formats are supported, but don't say what. Give it a try
with whatever format you want to use and see what happens.)

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Henry Wilson - 08 Mar 2010 22:36 GMT

>>>>>> I want to write a VB6 program that allows me to play a short sound
>>>>>> when I click a form. The file will have been previously created and
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>
>I don't know. I don't use sounds in my programs. Ever.

I haven't until now either.

>(The docs seem to
>suggest that other formats are supported, but don't say what. Give it a try
>with whatever format you want to use and see what happens.)

It doesn't seem to want to play wma. That's OK. I can save all the sounds as
.wav

thanks for the help.

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VB Forum / General 2 / March 2010

PLaying sound.