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playsound (coredll)
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C# Signature:
[DllImport("coredll.dll")]
public static extern int PlaySound(
string szSound,
IntPtr hModule,
int flags);
VB Signature:
<DllImport("coredll.dll")> _
Public Shared Function PlaySound( _
ByVal szSound As String, _
ByVal hModule As IntPtr, _
ByVal flags As Integer) As Integer
End Function
User-Defined Types:
Private Enum PlaySoundFlags
SND_SYNC = &H0 ' play synchronously (default)
SND_ASYNC = &H1 ' play asynchronously
SND_NODEFAULT = &H2 ' silence (!default) if sound not found
SND_MEMORY = &H4 ' pszSound points to a memory file
SND_LOOP = &H8 ' loop the sound until next sndPlaySound
SND_NOSTOP = &H10 ' don't stop any currently playing sound
SND_NOWAIT = &H2000 ' don't wait if the driver is busy
SND_ALIAS = &H10000 ' name is a registry alias
SND_ALIAS_ID = &H110000 ' alias is a predefined ID
SND_FILENAME = &H20000 ' name is file name
SND_RESOURCE = &H40004 ' name is resource name or atom
End Enum
public enum PlaySoundFlags : int {
SND_SYNC = 0x0, // play synchronously (default)
SND_ASYNC = 0x1, // play asynchronously
SND_NODEFAULT = 0x2, // silence (!default) if sound not found
SND_MEMORY = 0x4, // pszSound points to a memory file
SND_LOOP = 0x8, // loop the sound until next sndPlaySound
SND_NOSTOP = 0x10, // don't stop any currently playing sound
SND_NOWAIT = 0x2000, // don't wait if the driver is busy
SND_ALIAS = 0x10000, // name is a registry alias
SND_ALIAS_ID = 0x110000,// alias is a predefined ID
SND_FILENAME = 0x20000, // name is file name
SND_RESOURCE = 0x40004, // name is resource name or atom
};
Notes:
Returns True (e.g. 1) for success and False (0) for error.
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Sample Code:
C#
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace Sound
{
public enum PlaySoundFlags : int {
SND_SYNC = 0x0, // play synchronously (default)
SND_ASYNC = 0x1, // play asynchronously
SND_NODEFAULT = 0x2, // silence (!default) if sound not found
SND_MEMORY = 0x4, // pszSound points to a memory file
SND_LOOP = 0x8, // loop the sound until next sndPlaySound
SND_NOSTOP = 0x10, // don't stop any currently playing sound
SND_NOWAIT = 0x2000, // don't wait if the driver is busy
SND_ALIAS = 0x10000, // name is a registry alias
SND_ALIAS_ID = 0x110000,// alias is a predefined ID
SND_FILENAME = 0x20000, // name is file name
SND_RESOURCE = 0x40004, // name is resource name or atom
};
public class Sound
{
[DllImport("coredll.dll")]
public static extern int PlaySound(
string szSound,
IntPtr hModule,
int flags);
public static void Beep() {
Play(@"\Windows\Voicbeep");
}
<Flags()> _
Private Enum PlaySoundFlags
SND_SYNC = &H0 ' play synchronously (default)
SND_ASYNC = &H1 ' play asynchronously
SND_NODEFAULT = &H2 ' silence (!default) if sound not found
SND_MEMORY = &H4 ' pszSound points to a memory file
SND_LOOP = &H8 ' loop the sound until next sndPlaySound
SND_NOSTOP = &H10 ' don't stop any currently playing sound
SND_NOWAIT = &H2000 ' don't wait if the driver is busy
SND_ALIAS = &H10000 ' name is a registry alias
SND_ALIAS_ID = &H110000 ' alias is a predefined ID
SND_FILENAME = &H20000 ' name is file name
SND_RESOURCE = &H40004 ' name is resource name or atom
End Enum
<DllImport("coredll.dll")> _
Public Shared Function PlaySound( _
ByVal szSound As String, _
ByVal hModule As IntPtr, _
ByVal flags As Integer) As Integer
End Function
Public Shared Sub Play(ByVal fileName As String)
Try
PlaySound(fileName, IntPtr.Zero, PlaySoundFlags.SND_FILENAME Or _
PlaySoundFlags.SND_SYNC)
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show("Can't play sound file. " & ex.ToString)
End Try
End Sub
End Class
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