vb 2010 problem playing sound files when narrating program

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I'm trying to narrate a program describing how to play chess. My code for playing the sound file is [this is one of several sound files, with picture boxes showing the action]:

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My.Computer.Audio.Play(My.Resources.BoardSquares, AudioPlayMode.WaitToComplete)

But the program waits until all sound files are played before the screen refreshes to catch up with the narration. How can I refresh the screen before the next sound file is played?

Posted 16-Nov-12 8:59am

Floyd Pederson

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-16T09:36:00

If you can use .NET Framework 3.5 or above (if you want to use Visual Studio, it should be VS 2008 or later; but Visual Studio is absolutely not required to build any project), you can do the following: reference assemblies PresentationCode and WindowsBase (part of WPF placed in GAC, so use ".NET" tag of "Add Reference" window).

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Dim audioFileName As String = '...

'... ...

Dim player As New System.Media.SoundPlayer(audioFileName)
player.Play()

Please see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.media.soundplayer.aspx[^].

It will play asynchronously (I tested it before posting the code, just in case).
Don't worry about WPF: your application does not have to be a WPF application, it can be anything.

One advice: try to use .NET API only, and nothing VB-specific.

—SA