Using the Windows Media Player function in Visual Basic, Control Box

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Andrew

I have just learnt how to play WMP files in PowerPoint
using the Windows Media Player option under Visual Basic,
Control Toolbox, More Controls. I have learnt how to play
one song using this method but was wondering if anyone
knew how to play multiple songs. I was also wondering if
it was possible to skip through these songs using the skip
buttons available.
 
You can media playlists in PowerPoint 2003 - this is excerpted from an
earlier post:

1. In Windows Media Player create a Playlist consisting of the sequence of
sounds that you want to play.

2. In PowerPoint (on the slide you want to begin playing the sounds), choose
Insert | Movies and Sounds | Sound from File..

3. Navigate to folder contain the playlist (*.wpl) file (you will probably
have to change the "files of type" option to "All files (*.*)"

4. Select desired *.wpl and click OK.
5. Choose "Automatically" when prompted

6. Right-Click on item and choose "Custom Animation"

7. In the Custom Animation task pane click on the item and choose "Effect
Options" from the drop-down menu

8. Specify in the "stop playing" group how many slides you want the play
list to continue playing through.

Since a playlist can include either audio or video media, the playlist
object will appear and behave like a Movie object in PowerPoint and for
sounds, will appear as a black rectangle on the slide (where Windows Media
visualizations will appear for audio) and there's a current bug where the
"hide while not playing" setting does not work.
 
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