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How to: Play a Sound from a Windows Form

How to: Play a Beep from a Windows Form

How to: Play a Sound Embedded in a Resource from a Windows Form

How to: Play a System Sound from a Windows Form

How to: Load a Sound Asynchronously within a Windows Form

How to: Loop a Sound Playing on a Windows Form

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How to: Play a System Sound from a Windows Form

Visual Studio 2010

The following code example plays the Exclamation system sound at run time. For more information about system sounds, see SystemSounds.

public void playExclamation()
{
    SystemSounds.Exclamation.Play();
}

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This example requires:

A reference to the System.Media namespace.

Tasks

How to: Play a Beep from a Windows Form

How to: Play a Sound from a Windows Form

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SoundPlayer Class

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