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Ultimate
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Posted: 20th Nov 2003 22:48
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I am trying to create a media player. Since DBPro use load sound for .wav and load music for .mp3 and .mid, I am having trouble creating a way to load both via the same method. I load in the file's location as a string file$. Is there anyway I can analyse the string such that I can read off the last 3 letters and get the file type? Any help would be appreciated.

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Shadow Lord
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Posted: 21st Nov 2003 00:16
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Quote: "anyway I can analyse the string such that I can read off the last 3 letters"


Try this:

ext$=right$(song$,3)

Song$=your sound filename, eg, "Jump.MP3"
ext$ will be equal to the last 3 characters in the filename. eg, "MP3"

Look in the help file for the RIGHT$ command, for more info...

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However, DBPro doesn't if a music file is ".mid" or ".MP3". The same commands will play them both.

A ".WAV" file is a sound file, and not a music file, per say. You must use the SOUND command to load and play them.

Hope this helps, if not let me know.

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