Does the method to play a sound in VBA described here: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/PlaySound.aspx work in windows 7? It uses winmm.dll which doesn't come up when I search my pc. Windows explorer IS showing hidden files and protected operating system files. Thank you
Playing a sound file in windows 7 using VBA
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Yes, it works on Windows 7 - I have 64 bit, so I needed to change the declare statement slightly:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/PlaySound.aspx
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Display More'chip pearson: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/PlaySound.aspx Public Declare PtrSafe Function sndPlaySound32 _ Lib "winmm.dll" _ Alias "sndPlaySoundA" ( _ ByVal lpszSoundName As String, _ ByVal uFlags As Long) As Long Const SND_SYNC = &H0 ' (Default) Play the sound synchronously. Code execution ' pauses until sound is complete. Const SND_ASYNC = &H1 ' Play the sound asynchronously. Code execution ' does not wait for sound to complete. Const SND_NODEFAULT = &H2 ' If the specified sound is not found, do not play ' the default sound (no sound is played). Const SND_MEMORY = &H4 ' lpszSoundName is a memory file of the sound. ' Not used in VBA/VB6. Const SND_LOOP = &H8 ' Continue playing sound in a loop until the next ' call to sndPlaySound. Const SND_NOSTOP = &H10 ' Do not stop playing the current sound before playing ' the specified sound. Sub PlayTheSound(ByVal WhatSound As String, Optional Flags As Long = 0) If Dir(WhatSound, vbNormal) = "" Then ' WhatSound is not a file. Get the file named by ' WhatSound from the Windows\Media directory. WhatSound = Environ("SystemRoot") & "\Media\" & WhatSound If InStr(1, WhatSound, ".") = 0 Then ' if WhatSound does not have a .wav extension, ' add one. WhatSound = WhatSound & ".wav" End If If Dir(WhatSound, vbNormal) = vbNullString Then ' Can't find the file. Do a simple Beep. Beep Exit Sub End If Else ' WhatSound is a file. Use it. End If ' Finally, play the sound. sndPlaySound32 WhatSound, Flags End Sub Sub ListWavFiles() Dim N As Long Dim FSO As Object Dim FF As Object Dim F As Object Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set FF = FSO.GetFolder(Environ("SystemRoot") & "\Media") For Each F In FF.Files N = N + 1 Cells(N, 1) = F.Name Cells(N, 2) = F.Path Next F ActiveSheet.Columns(1).AutoFit End Sub Sub PlayActiveCellSound() PlayTheSound ActiveCell.Text End Sub
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[USER="14138"]Ger Plante[/USER]
Many Thanks for this useful refresher ... :wink:
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