winfred,
this is a sample program in vfp directory
go to menu->program->do in dialogbox select samples directory (in root directory of vfp)
go to solution directory then run main.prg or solution.app and then in
windows api select "play multimedia files using MCI commands"
you can run sample or see code
if you dont have samples directory i can send this sample to your email

in this command;
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DECLARE INTEGER mciSendString ;
IN WinMM.DLL ;
STRING cMCIString,;
STRING @cRetString,;
INTEGER nRetLength,;
INTEGER hInstance

mcisendstring defined as integer in winmm.dll
winmm.dll is a lib file in win98 at adrress(c:\windows\system)
in win2000 at adrress(c:\winnt\system32)