use vb6 to play an MP3 sound, cmd button event

[dennijr]

how do i get vb6 to play a short MP3 sound file when i click a button, if its even possible. ive looked around and found some vb6 MP3 players, so i asume it is possible, but mostly all im finding is code for playing WAV files.
any response is greatly apreciated

[kadghar]

I think i've seen that question answered before around here, have you searched it?
try using sndPlaySound

Just declare it:

Private Declare Function sndPlaySound& Lib "winmm.dll" Alias "sndPlaySou ndA" (ByVal lpszSoundName As String, ByVal uFlags As Long)

and use it:

sndPlaySound "C:\mySound.wav ", &H1

you can search the values of the uFlags in google.

HTH

[dennijr]

I think i've seen that question answered before around here, have you searched it?
try using sndPlaySound

Just declare it:

Private Declare Function sndPlaySound& Lib "winmm.dll" Alias "sndPlaySou ndA" (ByVal lpszSoundName As String, ByVal uFlags As Long)

and use it:

sndPlaySound "C:\mySound.wav ", &H1

you can search the values of the uFlags in google.

HTH

yea, i did search it, but like i said, mainly all i found was wav files, and the other problem is that u cant search 3 letter words in the search thing, so i cant search for say "vb6, mp3, etc". and did u notice that what u added was .wav aswell, not mp3? i tried to replace .wav with .mp3 but it wont work.

[vdraceil]

yea, i did search it, but like i said, mainly all i found was wav files, and the other problem is that u cant search 3 letter words in the search thing, so i cant search for say "vb6, mp3, etc". and did u notice that what u added was .wav aswell, not mp3? i tried to replace .wav with .mp3 but it wont work.

Windows Media Player Control can play .mp3 files
paste a wmp control in your form and include the following code

Private Sub cmd_click
wmp.url="\\file_path\filename.mp3"
End Sub

[dennijr]

ty, thats the quick easy fix i needed, and the visible = false setting makes it even better :)