Detect a sound card

Ever wanted to know if a PC has a sound card or not? This simple piece of code does exactly that!

Private Declare Function waveOutGetNumDevs Lib "winmm.dll" () As Long
Private Sub cmdCanPlay_Click()
    Dim i As Long
    i = waveOutGetNumDevs()
    If i > 0 Then
        MsgBox "Your system can play sound files.", _
        vbInformation, "Sound Card Test"
    Else
        MsgBox "Your system can not play sound Files.", _
        vbInformation, "Sound Card Test"
    End If
End Sub

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