Sean Breheny wrote:

> There is a part of the win95/98 API (PlaySnd or PlayWAV, IIRC) which
> allows you to play WAV files by just one line of C code (one function
> call).  However, it gives you no ability to stop the WAV file while it
> is playing,

  That explains what ICQ does...

> There are lower level calls which allow you to feed the samples to a
> buffer and tell windows to send that to a sound card.  You can tell
> that win95's Sound Recorder does this because if you click on the
> window and move it and then hold the mouse button down, it will play
> the sound for a few seconds and then stop until you release,
> presumably giving it a chance to reload the buffer.

  Yeah.  It's annoying how easily you can jam the pseudo-multitasking of
Windoze.  That's why Linux/ X is so nice...  Just about nothing jams (or
has someone some anecdotes?).
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  Cheers,
        Paul B.