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How to: Loop a Sound Playing on a Windows Form	03/30/2017	csharp vb	sound loops SoundPlayer class [Windows Forms], play looping sounds [Windows Forms], looping playing sounds [Windows Forms], looping	ea95dd46-10a3-46c0-8263-4b205f00df7f

How to: Loop a Sound Playing on a Windows Form

The following code example plays a sound repeatedly. When the code in the stopPlayingButton_Click event handler runs, any sound currently playing stops. If no sound is playing, nothing happens.

Example

[!code-csharpSystem.Media.SoundPlayer.PlayLooping#1] [!code-vbSystem.Media.SoundPlayer.PlayLooping#1]

Compiling the Code

This example requires:

• References to the System and System.Windows.Forms assemblies.

• That you replace the file name "c:\Windows\Media\chimes.wav" with a valid file name.

Robust Programming

File operations should be enclosed within appropriate exception-handling blocks.

The following conditions may cause an exception:

• The path name is malformed. For example, it contains characters that are not valid or it is only white space (xref:System.ArgumentException class).

• The path is read-only (xref:System.IO.IOException class).

• The path name is Nothing (xref:System.ArgumentNullException class).

• The path name is too long (xref:System.IO.PathTooLongException class).

• The path is invalid (xref:System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException class).

• The path is only a colon ":" (xref:System.NotSupportedException class).

.NET Framework Security

Do not make decisions about the contents of the file based on the name of the file. For example, the file Form1.vb may not be a Visual Basic source file. Verify all inputs before using the data in your application.

See also

• xref:System.Media.SoundPlayer.PlayLooping%2A
• How to: Play a Sound from a Windows Form
• SoundPlayer Class Overview