Contributor: SWAG SUPPORT TEAM (* This TI demonstrates how to make your Delphi 2.0 application "sing" by loading and playing a wave file four different ways: 1) Use the sndPlaySound() function to directly play a wave file. 2) Read the wave file into memory, then use the sndPlaySound() to play the wave file 3) Use sndPlaySound to directly play a wave file thats embedded in a resource file attached to your application. 4) Read a wave file thats embedded in a resource file attached to your application into memory, then use the sndPlaySound() to play the wave file. To build the project you will need to: 1) Create a wave file called 'hello.wav' in the project's directory. 2) Create a text file called 'snddata.rc' in the project's directory. 3) Add the following line to the file 'snddata.rc': HELLO WAVE hello.wav 4) At a dos prompt, go to your project directory and compile the .rc file using the Borland Resource compiler (brcc32.exe) by typing the path to brcc32.exe and giving 'snddata.rc' as a parameter. Example: bin\brcc32 snddata.rc This will create the file 'snddata.res' that Delphi will link with your application's .exe file. Final Note: Keep on Jamm'n! *) unit PlaySnd1; interface uses Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms, Dialogs, StdCtrls; type TForm1 = class(TForm) PlaySndFromFile: TButton; PlaySndFromMemory: TButton; PlaySndbyLoadRes: TButton; PlaySndFromRes: TButton; procedure PlaySndFromFileClick(Sender: TObject); procedure PlaySndFromMemoryClick(Sender: TObject); procedure PlaySndFromResClick(Sender: TObject); procedure PlaySndbyLoadResClick(Sender: TObject); private { Private declarations } public { Public declarations } end; var Form1: TForm1; implementation {$R *.DFM} {$R snddata.res} uses MMSystem; procedure TForm1.PlaySndFromFileClick(Sender: TObject); begin sndPlaySound('hello.wav', SND_FILENAME or SND_SYNC); end; procedure TForm1.PlaySndFromMemoryClick(Sender: TObject); var f: file; p: pointer; fs: integer; begin AssignFile(f, 'hello.wav'); Reset(f,1); fs := FileSize(f); GetMem(p, fs); BlockRead(f, p^, fs); CloseFile(f); sndPlaySound(p, SND_MEMORY or SND_SYNC); FreeMem(p, fs); end; procedure TForm1.PlaySndFromResClick(Sender: TObject); begin PlaySound('HELLO', hInstance, SND_RESOURCE or SND_SYNC); end; procedure TForm1.PlaySndbyLoadResClick(Sender: TObject); var h: THandle; p: pointer; begin h := FindResource(hInstance, 'HELLO', 'WAVE'); h := LoadResource(hInstance, h); p := LockResource(h); sndPlaySound(p, SND_MEMORY or SND_SYNC); UnLockResource(h); FreeResource(h); end; end.