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Step 7: Add Code to Your Form to Play Sounds

Visual Studio 2012

You are now ready to add a second SoundPlayer, and then add a method to call each SoundPlayer.

link to video For a video version of this topic, see Tutorial 2: Create a Maze in Visual Basic - Video 5 or Tutorial 2: Create a Maze in C# - Video 5.

To play sounds

Start by adding a second SoundPlayer to play the Windows Tada sound. Your game will play this sound when the player reaches the Finish label.

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    // This SoundPlayer plays a sound whenever the player hits a wall.
    System.Media.SoundPlayer startSoundPlayer = new System.Media.SoundPlayer(@"C:\Windows\Media\chord.wav");

    // This SoundPlayer plays a sound when the player finishes the game.
    System.Media.SoundPlayer finishSoundPlayer = new System.Media.SoundPlayer(@"C:\Windows\Media\tada.wav");

    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        MoveToStart();
    }

Both SoundPlayers are now added to your form. Add a Play() method to call the SoundPlayer to play the sound at the appropriate time. You want a sound to play when the user hits a wall. So add the statement startSoundPlayer.Play(); to your MoveToStart() method. Remember to update the comment. The final method looks like the following.

/// <summary> 
/// Play a sound, then move the mouse pointer to a point 10 pixels down and to  
/// the right of the starting point in the upper-left corner of the maze. 
/// </summary> 
private void MoveToStart()
{
    startSoundPlayer.Play();
    Point startingPoint = panel1.Location;
    startingPoint.Offset(10, 10);
    Cursor.Position = PointToScreen(startingPoint);
}

Add the statement finishSoundPlayer.Play(); to the Finish label MouseEnter event handler. Remember to update the comment, because you're changing the code, as follows.

private void finishLabel_MouseEnter(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    // Play a sound, show a congratulatory MessageBox, then close the form.
    finishSoundPlayer.Play();
    MessageBox.Show("Congratulations!");
    Close();
}

To continue or review

To go to the next tutorial step, see Step 8: Run Your Program and Try Other Features.
To return to the previous tutorial step, see Step 6: Add a SoundPlayer.

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