XL: How to Play a Sound Note Using Visual Basic for Applications

ID: Q162550

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a

SUMMARY

This article describes how to insert a sound note into a cell and play the sound using a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro procedure in the versions of Microsoft Excel listed above.

NOTE: Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows and Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition do not support sound notes.

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1. In a new workbook, click cell A1 on Sheet1 and click Note on the Insert

   menu.

2. In the Cell Note dialog box, click Import.

3. Open a folder that contains a sound (.wav) file to play, and then click

   OK. The following sound files are typically installed by Windows or
   the Macintosh operating systems.

      Operating system     Folder               File
      --------------------------------------------------

      Windows 3.x          C:\Windows           Ding.wav
      Windows 95           C:\Windows\Media     Ding.wav
      Macintosh            System Briefcase     Quack

4. In the Cell Note dialog box, click Add, and then click OK.

5. In a new module sheet, type the following macro:

      ' Before running this macro you must insert a sound note into
      ' cell A1 on sheet1.

      Sub PlaySound()

         ' Insert a sound note into Cell A1.
         ' Test for sound capability.
         If Application.CanPlaySounds Then
            ' Play the SoundNote in cell A1.
            Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").SoundNote.Play
         End If
      End Sub

6. To run the macro, click Macro on the Tools menu, select PlaySound,

   and then click Run.

Additional query words: 7.00 5.00 5.00a 5.00c XL5 XL7

Keywords          : kbcode kbprg 
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0c,7.0; MACINTOSH:5.0,5.0a
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: May 18, 1999