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How to: Play a Sound from a Windows Form	Learn how to play a sound from a Windows Form at a given path at runtime. Also, learn about compiling the code and the .NET Security Framework.	03/30/2017	csharp vb	playing sounds [Windows Forms], Windows Forms sounds [Windows Forms], playing sounds My.Computer.Audio object [Windows Forms], playing sounds examples [Windows Forms], sounds	3d3350b7-1ebd-4e05-a738-48ca1160a19d

How to: Play a Sound from a Windows Form

This example plays a sound at a given path at run time.

Example

Sub PlaySimpleSound()
    My.Computer.Audio.Play("c:\Windows\Media\chimes.wav")
End Sub

private void playSimpleSound()
{
    SoundPlayer simpleSound = new SoundPlayer(@"c:\Windows\Media\chimes.wav");
    simpleSound.Play();
}

Compiling the Code

This example requires:

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

• (C#) A reference to the xref:System.Media?displayProperty=nameWithType namespace.

Robust Programming

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

The following conditions may cause an exception:

• The path name is malformed. For example, it contains illegal characters or is only white space (xref:System.ArgumentException class).

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

• The path name is null (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
• How to: Load a Sound Asynchronously within a Windows Form