playing midi music in background of program

[SykoStokkrTim]

I'm working on a game in VB and wondered how to play midi music in the background, without interrupting the rest of the game. I'd prefer not to have to use media player controls, but whatever I have to do, tell me.

 

[DrJavaJoe]

You could use the Microsoft Multimedia Control.

MMControl1.Command = "Open"
MMControl1.Command = "Play"

You may want to add a timer also so that if the song is 60 seconds long that it'll stop and repeat after the 60 seconds.

MMControl1.Command = "Close"
MMControl1.Command = "Open"
MMControl1.Command = "Play"

 

[SykoStokkrTim]

this is probably a stupid question, but where do I find a multimedia control?

 

[johnwm]

Project|Components|Controls|Microsoft Media Control 6

It's in MCI32.OCX (which should be in your System32 folder)
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[johnwm]

Sorry that should read:

Project|Components|Controls|Microsoft Multimedia Control 6
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