Audio.PlaySystemSound(SystemSound) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.Devices

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.Forms.dll

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Plays a system sound.

public:
 void PlaySystemSound(System::Media::SystemSound ^ systemSound);

public void PlaySystemSound (System.Media.SystemSound systemSound);

member this.PlaySystemSound : System.Media.SystemSound -> unit

Public Sub PlaySystemSound (systemSound As SystemSound)

Parameters

systemSound: SystemSound

SystemSound object representing the system sound to play.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

systemSound is Nothing.

Examples

This example uses the My.Computer.Audio.PlaySystemSound method to play a system sound.

Sub PlaySystemSound()
    My.Computer.Audio.PlaySystemSound( 
        System.Media.SystemSounds.Asterisk)
End Sub

This code example can run only within a Windows Forms application.

Remarks

The PlaySystemSound method plays the system sound described by systemSound; the sound is played once, in the background.

The value of systemSound must be one of the shared members from the SystemSounds class:

For more information, see Playing Sounds.

Availability by Project Type

Project type	Available
Windows Application	Yes
Class Library	Yes
Console Application	Yes
Windows Control Library	Yes
Web Control Library	No
Windows Service	Yes
Web Site	No

Applies to