How do you get a .wav to play upon a Null error?

[etislost]

I posted earlier about this and recieved a link to the following code:

'****************** Code Start *********************
' This code was originally written by Dev Ashish.
' It is not to be altered or distributed,
' except as part of an application.
' You are free to use it in any application,
' provided the copyright notice is left unchanged.
'
' Code Courtesy of
' Dev Ashish
'
Public Const pcsSYNC = 0 ' wait until sound is finished playing
Public Const pcsASYNC = 1 ' don't wait for finish
Public Const pcsNODEFAULT = 2 ' play no default sound if sound doesn't exist
Public Const pcsLOOP = 8 ' play sound in an infinite loop (until next apiPlaySound)
Public Const pcsNOSTOP = 16 ' don't interrupt a playing sound

'Sound APIs
Private Declare Function apiPlaySound Lib "Winmm.dll" Alias "sndPlaySoundA" _
(ByVal lpszSoundName As String, ByVal uFlags As Long) As Long

'AVI APIs
Private Declare Function apimciSendString Lib "Winmm.dll" Alias "mciSendStringA" _
(ByVal lpstrCommand As String, ByVal lpstrReturnString As String, _
ByVal uReturnLength As Long, ByVal hwndCallback As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function apimciGetErrorString Lib "Winmm.dll" _
Alias "mciGetErrorStringA" (ByVal dwError As Long, _
ByVal lpstrBuffer As String, ByVal uLength As Long) As Long


Function fPlayStuff(ByVal strFilename As String, _
Optional intPlayMode As Integer) As Long
'MUST pass a filename _with_ extension
'Supports Wav, AVI, MID type files
Dim lngRet As Long
Dim strTemp As String

Select Case LCase(fGetFileExt(strFilename))
Case "wav":
If Not IsMissing(intPlayMode) Then
lngRet = apiPlaySound(strFilename, intPlayMode)
Else
MsgBox "Must specify play mode."
Exit Function
End If
Case "avi", "mid":
strTemp = String$(256, 0)
lngRet = apimciSendString("play " & strFilename, strTemp, 255, 0)
End Select
fPlayStuff = lngRet
End Function
Function fStopStuff(ByVal strFilename As String)
'Stops a multimedia playback
Dim lngRet As Long
Dim strTemp As String
Select Case LCase(fGetFileExt(strFilename))
Case "Wav":
lngRet = apiPlaySound(0, pcsASYNC)
Case "avi", "mid":
strTemp = String$(256, 0)
lngRet = apimciSendString("stop " & strFilename, strTemp, 255, 0)
End Select
fStopStuff = lngRet
End Function

Private Function fGetFileExt(ByVal strFullPath As String) As String
Dim intPos As Integer, intLen As Integer
intLen = Len(strFullPath)
If intLen Then
For intPos = intLen To 1 Step -1
'Find the last If Mid$(strFullPath, intPos, 1) = "." Then
fGetFileExt = Mid$(strFullPath, intPos + 1)
Exit Function
End If
Next intPos
End If
End Function

Function fGetError(ByVal lngErrNum As Long) As String
' Translate the error code to a string
Dim lngx As Long
Dim strErr As String

strErr = String$(256, 0)
lngx = apimciGetErrorString(lngErrNum, strErr, 255)
strErr = Left$(strErr, Len(strErr) - 1)
fGetError = strErr
End Function
Function fatest()
Dim a As Long
a = fPlayStuff("C:\winnt\doh.wav&quot
'a = fStopStuff("C:\winnt\doh.wav&quot
End Function

'****************** Code End *********************



I don't know where to put the code. I'm trying to get the sound to play when anyone entering data on the form fails to put data in the last combobox. Does this code do what I want (I don't know the language)? If so, where do I put it in Access so that it will run properly? If not, how do I fix it? Any help or suggestions would be most appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Steve P.

 

[SiJP]

Depends what you are doing to get a null error. Clicking a button? If so, add some error handling to catch the null value, and make a call to the fPlayStuff function.