Playing sound while displaying a splash screen?

Question

I want to play a sound while my splash screen gets data from the server.

The sound file is not too large. I want something like when you start your computer you hear the MSWinXP welcome sound and that while establishing your account.

How can I do that?

thnx

Please make sure this is configurable (ie. you can turn it off - preferrably, leave it off and allow people to turn it on). Unless this is a game, it will annoy a lot of users. — billybob, Jan 03 '09 at 07:50

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 03 '09 at 08:36

Use System.Media.SoundPlayer. You may need to put this code in Form_Load instead.

    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        System.Media.SoundPlayer player = new System.Media.SoundPlayer();
        player.SoundLocation = @"C:\Windows\Media\chimes.wav";
        player.Play();
    }

Playing sound while displaying a splash screen?

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