» Playing WAV-files using VBA in Microsoft Excel

VBA macro tip contributed by Erlandsen Data Consulting offering Microsoft Excel Application development, template customization, support and training solutions

CATEGORY - General Topics in VBA VERSION - All Microsoft Excel Versions

It's easy to play soundfiles in WAV-format. You only need to know the filename of the sound you want to play,
and decide if you want the macro to wait while the sound plays or not. Here is an example:

Public Declare Function sndPlaySound Lib "winmm.dll" _
Alias "sndPlaySoundA" (ByVal lpszSoundName As String, _
ByVal uFlags As Long) As Long


Sub PlayWavFile(WavFileName As String, Wait As Boolean)
    If Dir(WavFileName) = "" Then Exit Sub ' no file to play
    If Wait Then ' play sound before running any more code
        sndPlaySound WavFileName, 0
    Else ' play sound while code is running
        sndPlaySound WavFileName, 1
    End If
End Sub


Sub TestPlayWavFile()
    PlayWavFile "c:\foldername\soundfilename.wav", False
    MsgBox "This is visible while the sound is playing..."
    PlayWavFile "c:\foldername\soundfilename.wav", True
    MsgBox "This is visible after the sound is finished playing..."
End Sub