Play sound in VB.net with

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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