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--- playing_20multiple_20wav_20files [2018/03/31 13:19] – external edit 127.0.0.1
+++ playing_20multiple_20wav_20files [2024/01/05 00:21] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 =====Playing multiple WAV files=====
-//by Richard Russell, February 2013//\\ \\  The method described in the main Help documentation for [[http://www.bbcbasic.co.uk/bbcwin/manual/bbcwine.html#playsound|playing WAV files]] only allows you to play one file at a time. If you want to play two or more WAV files **simultaneously** a different approach must be used. The code snippet below demonstrates how to do it:\\
+//by Richard Russell, February 2013//\\ \\  The method described in the main Help documentation for [[http://www.bbcbasic.co.uk/bbcwin/manual/bbcwine.html#playsound|playing WAV files]] only allows you to play one file at a time. If you want to play two or more WAV files **simultaneously** a different approach must be used. The code snippet below demonstrates how to do it:
+<code bb4w>
         wavfile1$ = "C:\windows\media\Windows XP Shutdown.wav"
         wavfile2$ = "C:\windows\media\Windows XP Startup.wav"
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         SYS "mciSendString", "play wav1", 0, 0, 0
         SYS "mciSendString", "play wav2", 0 ,0, 0
-Note that the **close** commands are not required if the code is executed only once.\\ \\  If you want to test whether a file has finished playing you can do so as follows:\\
+</code>
+Note that the **close** commands are not required if the code is executed only once.\\ \\  If you want to test whether a file has finished playing you can do so as follows:
+<code bb4w>
         reply1$ = STRING$(16, CHR$(0))
         reply2$ = STRING$(16, CHR$(0))
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         SYS "mciSendString", "status wav1 position", reply2$, LEN(reply2$), 0
         IF reply1$ = reply2$ THEN PRINT "Finished playing"
+</code>