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Introduction

A Windows Media Player Control let you play mp3 or wav files with a unique line of vb.net code:

Me.AxWindowsMediaPlayer1.URL = dlgFileDialog.FileName

Step by step explanation

Step 1

Create a new VBA windows application in Visual Studio.

Step 2

Add the Media Player control to the toolbox.
Right-click the toolbox and choose Add/Remove Iitems�

In the Customize Toolbox chose the COM Components Panel and navigate to Windows Media Player and select it.

Confirm with OK Button.

Step 3

Add the control to the Main form.
Select the Windows Media Player in the toolbox and ad it to the main form.

 
Step 4

Change the Visible property of the control to false.

 
Step 5

Add a Button control to the main form.

Step 6

Double-click the Button and add the following code to the Click-event procedure.

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
                          ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
                          Handles Button1.Click 
        Const DATA_FILE_EXTENSION As String = ".mp3"
        Dim dlgFileDialog As New OpenFileDialog 
            With dlgFileDialog
            .Filter = DATA_FILE_EXTENSION & _
            " files (*" & DATA_FILE_EXTENSION & "|*" & DATA_FILE_EXTENSION 
            .FilterIndex = 1
            .RestoreDirectory = True 
            If .ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then 
                'Play the sound file
             Me.AxWindowsMediaPlayer1.URL = dlgFileDialog.FileName 
            End If 
        End With 
End Sub

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SHort way exist and i will show you ekeolere olaide 14:50 30 Oct '09   # Dim Sound As New System.Media.SoundPlayer() # # Sound.SoundLocation = "your path to the .wav file" 'ex.: c:\mysound.wav # Sound.Load() # Sound.Play() Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Start And End Points amiashu 6:18 5 Oct '07   Hi I am using the same windows medial player control in my application but i want to play only a part of the file which is based on two variables start and end will change during the run of the application so i was searching through codeproject and came across your post so thought you might know a way telling the windows mediaplayer about the start and end points of the file Thanks in anticipation Amit Patel, www.amiashu.com Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink 2.00/5 Re: Play sound in VB.net with Zeelia11 1:59 25 Aug '07   Wow this is great! Thank you sooooooooo much!!! I realy needed this Zeelia Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink 1.50/5 Great help Nasenbaaer 8:45 19 Apr '07   Thanks. because of the screenshots, now it works. Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink playlist chse720 10:55 4 Mar '07   I am trying to get a playlist up and working on the above example i have got it to where it will play the current song when you click on it in the listbox but it wont play the one before it. it only plays the current song if you can or cant help let me know at chse720@yahoo.com if you need to see my code just send me a message Chase Lewis Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink 1.50/5 Media Player with Sharpdevelop BThunder 19:34 7 Aug '06   Great Article, also, you know how to program a MP3 player with Sharpdevelop in vb.net? Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink 1.75/5

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