How to play WAV audio file from Resources?

Question

How can I play a WAV audio file in from my project\'s Resources? My project is a Windows Forms application in C#.

Answer 1

a) OK, first add audio file (.wav) into project resource.

1. Open "Solution Explorer" from menu toolbar ("VIEW") or simply press Ctrl+Alt+L.
2. Click on drop-down list of "Properties".
3. Then select "Resource.resx" and press enter.

4. Now select "Audio" from the combobox list.

5. Then click on "Add Resource", choose audio files (.wav) and click "Open".

6. Select audio file(s) and change "Persistence" properties to "Embedded in .resx".

b) Now, just write this code to play the audio.

In this code I'm playing audio on form load event.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;

using System.Media; // at first you've to import this package to access SoundPlayer

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
    public partial class login : Form
    {
        public login()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void login_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            playaudio(); // calling the function
        }

        private void playaudio() // defining the function
        {
            SoundPlayer audio = new SoundPlayer(WindowsFormsApplication1.Properties.Resources.Connect); // here WindowsFormsApplication1 is the namespace and Connect is the audio file name
            audio.Play();
        }
    }
}

That's it.
All done, now run the project (press f5) and enjoy your sound.
All the best. :)