Article ID: 191122
Article Last Modified on 6/17/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q191122
SUMMARY
In Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, there is no equivalent for the Excel 4.0 macro function Sound.Play().
MORE INFORMATION
If you want to play a sound using a Visual Basic for Applications macro, use the ExecuteExcel4Macro method to run the Sound.Play() function.
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. The following sample macro assumes you have a sound file named Clear on a hard drive named Macintosh HD. If your hard drive is named differently, substitute the name of your hard drive in the macro.
Sub PlaySound()
Application.ExecuteExcel4Macro _
"SOUND.PLAY(,""Macintosh HD:Clear"")"
End Sub
Note the use of double quotation marks in this macro. These quotation marks are necessary because the path to the sound file is a string, which is included inside the outer string.
REFERENCES
For more information about the ExecuteExcel4Macro Method, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type executeexcel4macro, click Search, and then click to view "ExecuteExcel4Macro Method."
NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions
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