Is there a simple little sound player which I can embed in my paradox form for
the user to click and listen.  I don't want any controls to pop up, etc.  I
will record my sound bytes as .wav files.

Thanks,

wristdoc

Ken

To play a wave file in Paradox, use code like the following (pushButton
is used for this example):

PlaySound Function

The 32-bit counterpart to Mmsystem.dll is WINMM.DLL, and the function is
PlaySound. Here is an example:

Uses WINMM
  PlaySound(WavFileName CPTR, how CWORD, flag CWORD)
endUses

methodPushButton(var eventInfo Event)
  playSound("C:\\yourDir\\yourFile.wav",0,0)
endMethod

There are several values for Flag. Some of the parameters are:

0       play synchronously
1       play asynchronously
2       silence
4       points to memory file
8       loop the sound until next
16      don't stop any currently playing

This will just play the .wav file without showing any external app.

Hope this helps,

Liz
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Ken

No, that's a different function.  There is a method in Paradox called
sound() which takes frequency and duration as arguments, and plays that
frequency for that duration on the system speaker.  However, this will
only work on Windows NT - Windows 9x will just play the standard beep
for each call to sound.

playSound is a function from the Windows WINMM.DLL, and so long as you
have the ability to play .WAV files (sound card & speakers & Windows
multimedia tools installed), this function will work on any of the
32-bit Windows versions.

NOTE that this is *very* case sensitive, and should be entered in your
code exactly as shown below (in the Uses clause).

Regards,

Liz
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Greg