Multimedia

Playing sound files

If you want to play MDI or WAV files, click on one of those links. If you want to play CD's, you need to use the Multimedia control. To set up the Multimedia Control to play a CD all you need is to write one line of code, and change some of its properties. Set it's properties to the following:

Property

Value

Device Type CDAudio
Autodisable True

Then, insert the following line of code into the Form_Load() procedure:

MMControl1.Command = "Open"

Now just run your application. It's a simple as that!

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James first started this website when learning Visual Basic back in 1999 whilst studying his GCSEs. The site grew steadily over the years while being run as a hobby - to a regular monthly audien...

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