Playing Music with Microsoft Direct X 9
This tutorial will give you the knowledge to use Microsoft Direct X 9 to play music in your applications. We will do this by using the Direct X 9 Audio class.
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Microsoft Direct X 9
Audio</p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Overview:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>This tutorial will give you the knowledge to use Microsoft
Direct X 9 to play music in your applications. We will do this by using the
Direct X 9 Audio class.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Prerequisites:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>You will need Microsoft Direct X 9 SDK and Microsoft Direct
X 9 Componentized VB</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>You can download them from: <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><a
href="http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/downloads/list/directx.asp">http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/downloads/list/directx.asp</a><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Start:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1)<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Open
Visual Basic.NET and create a new windows application</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2)<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>The right click on references and click Add</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3)<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Under
the .Net panel double click on <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
class=SpellE>Microsoft.DirectX</span> and <span class=SpellE>Microsoft.DirectX.AudioVidioPlayback</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4)<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Now
click OK</p>
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tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5)<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Open
Form1 in code view and at the top, before the class declaration, type:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>Imports</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> <span class=SpellE>Microsoft.DirectX</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:blue'>Imports</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
<span class=SpellE>Microsoft.DirectX.AudioVideoPlayback</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6)<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Then
go back to design view and add a button onto the form</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7)<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Double
click the button and add the fowling code</p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='color:blue'>Dim</span> <span
class=SpellE>OpenFile</span> <span style='color:blue'>As</span> <span
style='color:blue'>New</span> <span class=SpellE><span class=GramE>System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog</span></span><span
class=GramE>(</span>) <span style='color:green'>'Create a dialog<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span class=SpellE><span class=GramE>OpenFile.ShowDialog</span></span><span
class=GramE>(</span>) <span style='color:green'>'Shows the Dialog so the user
can select the file<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='color:blue'>Dim</span> <span
class=SpellE>AudioFile</span> <span class=GramE><span style='color:blue'>As</span></span>
Audio <span style='color:green'>'Create a new audio object that can play audio
files<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span class=SpellE>AudioFile</span> = <span
style='color:blue'>New</span> <span class=GramE>Audio(</span><span
class=SpellE>OpenFile.FileName</span>) <span style='color:green'>'Lodes the
file into the <span class=SpellE>AudioFile</span> Object<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:green'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8)<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Click
play and enjoy</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>NOTE: When the file dialog comes up, only select an audio
file</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>(Another) NOTE: I know that this code could use some error
handling, and a better interface, but I just wanted to proved a way to play
music in Microsoft DirectX 9</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Please Vote and Comment<o:p></o:p></p>
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