Windows media player control in visual basic 2008........?

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here is the situation guys:

I am developing an alarm clock for myself. An alarm clock that can wake me up in the morning with a song i choose and which automatically shutdown the computer after the song finishes.

So my problem is:

#How can i let my alarm to perform that 'shutdown operation' just after the song has stopped(finished)#

Posted 22-May-12 8:31am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2012-05-22T08:44:00

You can use the function ExitWindowsEx through P/Invoke:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa376868%28v=vs.85%29.aspx[^],
http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/user32.exitwindowsex[^].

If you need to learn P/Invoke, please see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P/Invoke[^],
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vcmxspec/html/vcmg_PlatformInvocationServices.asp[^].

This CodeProject article can also be useful:
Essential P/Invoke[^].

Detection of the end of a song could be more tricky; and it depends on what do you use for a player. For example, if you use AxWindowsMediaPlayer, you can handle the event PlayStateChange:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd562388%28v=vs.85%29.aspx[^],
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd562460%28v=vs.85%29.aspx[^].

With WPF, you would handle the event System.Windows.Controls.MediaElement.MediaEnded:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.controls.mediaelement.mediaended%28v=vs.100%29.aspx[^].

—SA