My.Computer.Audio.Stop Method 

Stops a sound playing in the background.

' Usage
My.Computer.Audio.Stop()
' Declaration
Public Sub Stop()

Remarks

The My.Computer.Audio.Stop method stops a sound playing in the background that was started by the My.Computer.Audio.Play method.

Background playing lets the application execute other code while the sound plays. For more information, see How to: Play Looping Sounds in Visual Basic and How to: Play Sounds in Visual Basic.

In general, when an application plays a looping sound, it should stop the sound at some point.

Tasks

The following table lists an example of a task involving the My.Computer.Audio.Stop method.

To	See
Stop a sound playing in the background	How to: Stop Playing Sounds in the Background in Visual Basic

Example

This example uses the My.Computer.Audio.Stop method to stop the application currently playing background or looping sound and uses the My.Computer.Audio.Play method to play a looping sound in the background.

Sub PlayLoopingBackgroundSoundFile()
    My.Computer.Audio.Play("C:\Waterfall.wav", _
        AudioPlayMode.BackgroundLoop)
End Sub
Sub StopBackgroundSound()
    My.Computer.Audio.Stop()
End Sub

This code example can run only within a Windows Forms application.

The file name should reference a .wav sound file on your system.

To simplify the management of your sound files, consider storing the files as application resources. These files can then be accessed through the My.Resources Object.

Requirements

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualBasic.Devices

Class: Audio

Assembly: Visual Basic Runtime Library (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll)

Availability by Project Type

Project type	Available
Windows Application	Yes
Class Library	Yes
Console Application	Yes
Windows Control Library	Yes
Web Control Library	No
Windows Service	Yes
Web Site	No

Permissions

No permissions are required.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Stop Playing Sounds in the Background in Visual Basic

Reference

My.Computer.Audio Object
Microsoft.VisualBasic.Devices.Audio.Stop