Play sound in VB.NET

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Introduction

The Windows Media Player control lets 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 Items...

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

Confirm with the OK button.

Step 3

Add the control to the main form. Select Windows Media Player in the toolbox and add 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