Practical Programming: Hidden Talents

by Peter Jones

This edition of Practical Programming covers a set of three useful classes / namespaces from the .NET Framework that you probably aren’t familiar with (yet).

Let’s make some noise: System.Media

Producing sound from a computer is something you may have learned in Programmer Playschool and promptly forgot (like me), but it is a useful little feature to add to all types of software, not just desktop games. Playing a system sound or other sound files is very useful in monitoring environments where the users are not seated in front of a computer 24×7 (for example, in server rooms or manufacturing environments).

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