SysSnd

Description

Short story: Enumerate all associatable sounds from the registry, and optionally play them. Simple routines to start and stop MIDI files, too.

Longer description from old site: click here.

To be edited...

Published

This sample, or the one from which it originally derived, was published (or at least peripherally mentioned) in the following article(s):

List Your Higher Windows, Ask the VB Pro, VBPJ, June 1998

Sounds Like Trouble, Ask the VB Pro, VBPJ, August 1998

APIs Usage

This sample uses the following API calls:

Module Library Function

FSysSnd.frm kernel32 GetWindowsDirectory

MSysSnd.bas advapi32

winmm
RegCloseKey
RegEnumKeyEx
RegOpenKeyEx
RegQueryValueEx
mciSendString
PlaySound

Don't see what you're looking for? Here's a complete API cross-reference.

Module	Library	Function
FSysSnd.frm	kernel32	GetWindowsDirectory
MSysSnd.bas	advapi32 winmm	RegCloseKey RegEnumKeyEx RegOpenKeyEx RegQueryValueEx mciSendString PlaySound

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Please, enjoy and learn from this sample. Include its code within your own projects, if you wish. But, in order to insure only the most recent code is available to all, I ask that you don't share the sample by any form of mass distribution.
Download SysSnd.zip, 5Kb, Last Updated: Tuesday, April 21, 1998