thanks anyway :) i will use the ocx

>I've used the Windows API to play files before, but unfortunately, I don't have access to that code anymore. I've not needed to do that for quite awhile and I don't remember enough about it to whip up a demo.
>
>>Anyway i'm going to try with that, though i think that the other solution was less "heavvy"
>>
>>
>>>Are you sure you don't want oPlay = CREATEOBJECT("WMPlayer.OCX")
>>>
>>>
>>>>thanks..
>>>>i am going to check
>>>>>On my XP system, it's C:\WINDOWS\system32\wmpdxm.dll. (WM Player version 11)
>>>>>>don't know which one...but the file i was trying to play was a .wav file anyway.
>>>>>>by the way, which is the program called by the code ?
>>>>>>i mean ..wmp.dll or anything else ?
>>>>>>First i tried with a form in which i loaded a windows mediaplayer object , i mean an OLE object and it worked
>>>>>>actually i was trying to skip all that big application I don't need but i had this problem
>>>>>>>>Hi all,
>>>>>>>>I came into a strange problem and I was cought by surprise !!!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>i launch an application whith these instructions
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>oPlay = CreateObject("Mediaplayer.Mediaplayer")
>>>>>>>>oPlay.filename = "file.mp3"
>>>>>>>>oplay.volume   = lnVolume
>>>>>>>>oPlay.play()
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>well i get the error 1426 : OLE error code 0x800a0005: Unknown COM status code at the last line of code.
>>>>>>>>It is surprising but it works perfectly under Vista!!!! while i get the error under WinXP
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>How come ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Thank you all again
>>>>>>>>Alessio
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>What version of Media Player on XP? Earlier versions didn't support MP3 by default, you had to add the CODEC.