I would like to load a small wave file as a resource file so that I can
avoid disk access each time it is used.  I would like it complied into the
program binary so that it is always available fast.

Can this be done in .NET ?

Any hints or reading suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Ross

Public Declare Function PlaySound Lib "winmm.dll" Alias "PlaySoundA" (ByRef
adr As Byte, ByVal hModule As Int32, ByVal dwFlags As Int32) As Int32
 Dim str As Stream =
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.GetManifestResourceStream("Y
ourAppName.filename.wav")
 Dim len As Int32 = CInt(str.Length - 1)
 Dim bytes(len) As Byte
 str.Read(bytes, 0, len)
 PlaySound(bytes(0), 0, 4)

HTH

--
Corrado Cavalli [Microsoft MVP]
UGIdotNET - http://www.ugidotnet.org

It took me a while to figure out how to add a wav file to the project, but I
got it done.  After trying so many ways, not sure I can remember how, but it
is there, and I got the Build action figured out as well.   I had the Import
statements in a Module1, but figured out that I have to have them in the
individual form where this code resides, not quite sure I understand that...

I had a problem with the :  ---  Dim bytes(len) As Byte   ---  statement.

Error message on Compile "Constant expression required" .

Just to try to get it to work, I looked up the size of the wav file,
subtracted 1 and used that number as a constant.  It compiled fine, but
still does not play when it is called.

Any thoughts?  Perhaps I will sleep on it and see if it looks easier
tommorrow.  Suspect I am one small step away.

Thanks a lot for your assistance.  It has been years since I have coded
anything, much has changed...

Ross