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MS Access 2003: Play a wav file (sound file) through the API

This MSAccess tutorial explains how to play a wav file (sound file) through the API in Access 2003 (with screenshots and step-by-step instructions).

Question: In Microsoft Access 2003/XP/2000/97, I have a database and I'd like to play a wav file (sound file) from a form. Is this possible?

Answer: It is possible to play wav files within your Access database. To do this, create a new Module and paste in the following VBA code:

Const SND_ASYNC = (1)
Const SND_NODEFAULT = (2)

Declare Function sndplaysound Lib "winmm.dll" Alias "sndPlaySoundA" (ByVal lpszSoundName As String, ByVal uFlags As Long) As Long

Public Sub API_PlaySound(pWavFile As String)

   Dim LResult As Long

   'Make a Windows API call to play a wav file
   LResult = sndplaysound(pWavFile, SND_NODEFAULT + SND_ASYNC)

End Sub

Your module should look like this:

Microsoft Access

You can now make a call to this function with your wav file name as follows:

Private Sub Command1_Click()

   API_PlaySound "c:\windows\media\chimes.wav"

End Sub

The code above would play the wav file called chimes.wav that is located in the c:\windows\media directory. You can choose when to play the wav file (ie: when a form opens, when a button is clicked, etc)

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