sounder.exe - play a wav file from the command line

Description:

This is a small console program that can be invoked to play a .wav file from the command line. As compiled, it will only play the first 2 seconds of the .wav and then exit, but thats tweakable in the source. It was written simply to provide audible alerts from windows batch files.

Platform:

Win32. Tested on XP, should work anywhere if you have "winmm.dll".

Language:

Visual Basic

License:

Sounder.exe is not complicated enough to worry about. Do whatever you like with it.

Download:

sounder.exe, win32 console application
sounder.exe, win32 console application, zipped
source code