Playing .WAV files

[Yazster]

I have an application I programmed using VB5 and wanted to add sounds to it. I used the following declaration:

Declare Function PlaySound Lib "winmm.dll" Alias "PlaySoundA" (ByVal lpszName As String, ByVal hModule As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long) As Long

This works fine, but the problem I'm having is that when I play a .WAV file, my program waits for the sound to stop before continuing. Is there a way to play a .WAV file and have execution continue even while the sound is playing?

Thanks,
Yazster

 

[TimLarkin]

One of the ByVal "dwFlags" As Long is for Asyncronous play. Don't remember the syntax, however

 

[mohmehran]

Also you can use ActiveX controls like Windows Media Player, if you are sure it is installed on clients.
Mohammad Mehran Nikoo, MCP
mohmehran@yahoo.com

 

[LegoPiece]

Theoretically... putting a 'DoEvents' clause before the 'PlaySound' function call should allow your VB program to continue execution while the sound's playing back. Haven't tried this personally, but it may be worth giving it a shot!
Thanks!
LeGo PiEcE

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