How to: Loop a Sound Playing on a Windows Form

The following code example plays a sound repeatedly. When the code in the stopPlayingButton_Click event handler runs, any sound currently playing stops. If no sound is playing, nothing happens.

Example

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Media;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace SoundPlayerPlayLoopingExample
{
    public class Form1 : Form
    {
        private SoundPlayer Player = new SoundPlayer();

        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void playLoopingButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            try
            {
                // Note: You may need to change the location specified based on
                // the sounds loaded on your computer.
                this.Player.SoundLocation = @"C:\Windows\Media\chimes.wav";
                this.Player.PlayLooping();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Error playing sound");
            }
        }

        private void stopPlayingButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            this.Player.Stop();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Required designer variable.
        /// </summary>
        private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;

        /// <summary>
        /// Clean up any resources being used.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param>
        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
        {
            if (disposing && (components != null))
            {
                components.Dispose();
            }
            base.Dispose(disposing);
        }

        #region Windows Form Designer generated code

        /// <summary>
        /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
        /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
        /// </summary>
        private void InitializeComponent()
        {
            this.playLoopingButton = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.stopPlayingButton = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.SuspendLayout();
            //
            // playLoopingButton
            //
            this.playLoopingButton.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 12);
            this.playLoopingButton.Name = "playLoopingButton";
            this.playLoopingButton.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(87, 23);
            this.playLoopingButton.TabIndex = 0;
            this.playLoopingButton.Text = "Play Looping";
            this.playLoopingButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            this.playLoopingButton.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.playLoopingButton_Click);
            //
            // stopPlayingButton
            //
            this.stopPlayingButton.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(105, 12);
            this.stopPlayingButton.Name = "stopPlayingButton";
            this.stopPlayingButton.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
            this.stopPlayingButton.TabIndex = 1;
            this.stopPlayingButton.Text = "Stop";
            this.stopPlayingButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            this.stopPlayingButton.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.stopPlayingButton_Click);
            //
            // Form1
            //
            this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
            this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(195, 51);
            this.Controls.Add(this.stopPlayingButton);
            this.Controls.Add(this.playLoopingButton);
            this.Name = "Form1";
            this.Text = "Form1";
            this.ResumeLayout(false);
        }

        #endregion

        private System.Windows.Forms.Button playLoopingButton;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Button stopPlayingButton;
    }

    static class Program
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The main entry point for the application.
        /// </summary>
        [STAThread]
        static void Main()
        {
            Application.EnableVisualStyles();
            Application.Run(new Form1());
        }
    }
}

Compiling the Code

This example requires:

• References to the System and System.Windows.Forms assemblies.

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

Robust Programming

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

The following conditions may cause an exception:

• The path name is malformed. For example, it contains characters that are not valid or it is only white space (ArgumentException class).

• The path is read-only (IOException class).

• The path name is Nothing (ArgumentNullException class).

• The path name is too long (PathTooLongException class).

• The path is invalid (DirectoryNotFoundException class).

• The path is only a colon ":" (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

• PlayLooping
• How to: Play a Sound from a Windows Form
• SoundPlayer Class Overview