How can I pass a string variable through the soundplayer?

Question

I'm trying to pass the file location from my list box into my sound player.

string fileLocation = listBox1.ToString();
SoundPlayer splayer = new SoundPlayer(soundLocation: fileLocation);
splayer.Play();

debugging shows the variable coming through as "C:\Temp\Sample1.wav".

The error comes back as "System.NotSupportedException: 'The given path's format is not supported.'"

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong here?

Is there a question here? What is the problem you're running in to? It looks like you're already passing the file path as a string in to the constructor successfully. — tnw, Sep 22 '21 at 19:51
Sounds like the file path string isn't formatted properly and/or has some funky characters that aren't supported. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7348768/the-given-paths-format-is-not-supported — tnw, Sep 22 '21 at 21:01
@tnw thanks so much that looks like the issue. I'll try it out — TuckRollworthy, Sep 23 '21 at 14:16
@tnw thanks mate, your direction wasn't quite what I needed. But it directed me in the right direction. — TuckRollworthy, Sep 25 '21 at 06:59

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 23 '21 at 21:20

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cracked it! you need to pull the object then convert it to a string.

        object fileLocationobj = listBox1.Items[0];
        string fileLocation = fileLocationobj.ToString(); 
        SoundPlayer splayer = new SoundPlayer(soundLocation: fileLocation);
        splayer.Play()

answered Sep 23 '21 at 21:20

TuckRollworthy

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How can I pass a string variable through the soundplayer?

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