Question

I have a WinForms app. This app has a Preferences section where the user will be able to select which sounds are played when an alert is being displayed.

Is it possible to have a combobox where the user can select from the Windows stored sounds such as “critical stop”, “critical beep” and so on. These are found in the “Control Panel” >> “Sounds and Alerts” section.

Is it also possible to have a play button to test the sounds out?

Answer 1

Try this:

    private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

        var systemSounds = new[]
                              {
                                  System.Media.SystemSounds.Asterisk,
                                  System.Media.SystemSounds.Beep,
                                  System.Media.SystemSounds.Exclamation,
                                  System.Media.SystemSounds.Hand,
                                  System.Media.SystemSounds.Question
                              };

        comboBox1.DataSource = systemSounds;

        comboBox1.SelectedIndexChanged += new EventHandler(comboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged);
    }

    void comboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        ((System.Media.SystemSound)comboBox1.SelectedItem).Play();
    }