"AlexB" <alexb@comcast.net> wrote in
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> The Windows Media Player is an API or rather can be used as such. I
> play my own recorded messages (my own voice recorded with
> SoundRecorder.exe/sndRec32.exe) via Windows Media Player. The WMP
> never shows up on my desktop. I make calls from inside my code with a
> parameter that prohibits it from appearance. It is a very commend
> technique. For me WMP is an API. It is not an API for you or anyone
> else who use is as a stand alone application. I use voice as
> punctuation points and as alerts that certain processes went thru OK
> or there were problems.

WMP *EXPOSES* an API, but it is not called an API. It is a program.

And if all you are doing is playing pre-recorded sounds, using the WMP API is waaaaaaaay overdoing it
because you can play wav files with one single Win32 API call....

sndPlaySound which is exported from winmm.dll

He was not playing with cigars unless you mean his dick is a cigar. He
dropped his pants in front of Monica Lewinski and they had sex in the Oval
Office.

"Terry R." <F1ComNOSPAM@pobox.com> wrote in message
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> The date and time was 2/21/2008 8:04 AM, and on a whim, Alias pounded out
> on the keyboard:
>
>> AlexB wrote:
>>>> I think the American public is fed up with Bush's policies and
>>>> repealing the Unpatriot act would be a good start.
>>> I don't think we will allow your terrorist friends to repeat 9/11,
>>
>> I don't have any terrorist friends. Oops. How do you know that Bush
>> wasn't involved in 9/11?
>>
>
> What proof do you have that shows he was? Let's see, if I remember
> correctly, it was CLINTON that had the ability to capture OBL and didn't
> do it. He was too busy playing with cigars... There's a fine example of a
> president for you.
>
> --
> Terry R.
>
> ***Reply Note***
> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.
> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.

You don't speak good English, On The Bridge. This passage below betrays you
as a foreigner. English is foreign to you. You translate.


"On the Bridge" <OntheBridge@1701.com> wrote in message
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> Alias, in the US people dont get the quality of news and information that
> you do...
>
> Its not always the peoples fault... But I guess an internet user has the
> freedom to search for alternatives.
> The problem is though, is that they dont even know there is a problem! So
> why should they search?
>
> I too have lived in US and Europe.. people like you and me, have a broader
> view of the truth...
> because we have a better perspective of things.
>
>
>
> --
> 50 Ways to leave your Vista....
>
> CHORUS:
>
> You just format the drive , Clive
> Get a New Mac , Jack
> Y'don't need that crap toy, Roy
> Just get yourself free
> Boot from a *nix, Jix
> You don't need to discuss much
> Install XP, Lee
> And get yourself free
>
>
>
> "Alias" <iamalias@removethisgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ePaJzuKdIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Terry R. wrote:
>>> The date and time was 2/21/2008 8:04 AM, and on a whim, Alias pounded
>>> out on the keyboard:
>>>
>>>> AlexB wrote:
>>>>>> I think the American public is fed up with Bush's policies and
>>>>>> repealing the Unpatriot act would be a good start.
>>>>> I don't think we will allow your terrorist friends to repeat 9/11,
>>>>
>>>> I don't have any terrorist friends. Oops. How do you know that Bush
>>>> wasn't involved in 9/11?
>>>>
>>>
>>> What proof do you have that shows he was?
>>
>> Don't get out much?
>>
>>> Let's see, if I remember correctly, it was CLINTON that had the ability
>>> to capture OBL and didn't do it.
>>
>> Bush, Cheney and Rumsfield did *business* with Osama bin Laden. They were
>> friends. Makes you wonder why, after seven years, GW hasn't even come
>> close to capturing him.
>>
>>> He was too busy playing with cigars...
>>
>> Bush was too busy attacking Iraq, a country that posed no threat and had
>> nothing to do with 9/11. That and finishing up a goat story he was
>> reading when informed of 9/11.
>>
>>> There's a fine example of a president for you.
>>
>> You really need to to more research:
>>
>> The USA is in recession, thanks to Bush's illegal war on Iraq.
>>
>> The dollar is at an all time low, thanks to Bush's illegal war on Iraq.
>>
>> The deficit, both budget and foreign is at an all time high, thanks to
>> Bush's illegal war on Iraq.
>>
>> More Americans have died in the illegal war on Iraq than died in the Twin
>> Towers. Hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi citizens have died in
>> this illegal war. That makes Bush more of a terrorist and murderer than
>> Osama could ever dream of becoming. "Fine" President Bush is, NOT!
>>
>> Alias
>
>

You can say that: WMP "exposes" an API. It is true. The bottom line is that
some part of it is designed to be used as an API. Essentially it is
everything but the user interface (the form, buttons, etc).

sndPlaySound is just a function in winmm.dll. It is not an API.

This is a quote from MS:

sndPlaySound
The sndPlaySound function plays a waveform sound specified either by a file
name or by an entry in the registry or the WIN.INI file. This function
offers a subset of the functionality of the PlaySound function; sndPlaySound
is being maintained for backward compatibility.


I used playSound in one of my projects which I debugged but never been able
to bring to running. I realized that I could do what I wanted with
soundRecorder.exe.

The reason that sndPlaySound is not an API is simple. For this very reason
it cannot be used to play sound alone. In order to play sound you have to
check if the audio devices (audio card) is available, you have to open them
up. You have to specify at leas half a dozen parameters, set those values in
structures which will be used by sndPlaySound. You have to INITIALIZE the
devices. For this there are also separate methods. The whole aggregate of
those preliminary functions (actions/methods) plus sndPlaySound is an API
which in our case is WMP. There is no way around it. All roads lead to Rome.

You are wrong that it is an overkill. It is not. It is the least labor
intensive way to achieve what I want.

"DanS" <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9A4BC0EF1EC52thisnthatroadrunnerc@207.46.2 48.16...
> "AlexB" <alexb@comcast.net> wrote in
> news:u90rSJJdIHA.4728@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:
>
>> The Windows Media Player is an API or rather can be used as such. I
>> play my own recorded messages (my own voice recorded with
>> SoundRecorder.exe/sndRec32.exe) via Windows Media Player. The WMP
>> never shows up on my desktop. I make calls from inside my code with a
>> parameter that prohibits it from appearance. It is a very commend
>> technique. For me WMP is an API. It is not an API for you or anyone
>> else who use is as a stand alone application. I use voice as
>> punctuation points and as alerts that certain processes went thru OK
>> or there were problems.
>
> WMP *EXPOSES* an API, but it is not called an API. It is a program.
>
> And if all you are doing is playing pre-recorded sounds, using the WMP API
> is waaaaaaaay overdoing it
> because you can play wav files with one single Win32 API call....
>
> sndPlaySound which is exported from winmm.dll
>

AlexB wrote:

> He was not playing with cigars unless you mean his dick is a cigar. He
> dropped his pants in front of Monica Lewinski and they had sex in the Oval
> Office.
>
We're all ears to hear about your inside dope on what John "My Friends"
McCain has been up to. :-)

Cheers.

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"AlexB" <alexb@comcast.net> wrote in message news:#lnB0DPdIHA.148@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> You don't speak good English, On The Bridge. This passage below betrays you
> as a foreigner. English is foreign to you. You translate.

Your passages betray you as an absolute imbecile.



-Michael

NoStop wrote:
> AlexB wrote:
>
>> He was not playing with cigars unless you mean his dick is a cigar. He
>> dropped his pants in front of Monica Lewinski and they had sex in the Oval
>> Office.
>>
> We're all ears to hear about your inside dope on what John "My Friends"
> McCain has been up to. :-)
>
> Cheers.
>

Or pages in the halls of Congress or airports or ... the Republicans are
hypocritical at best.

Alias

"AlexB" <alexb@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>
> As for the American folk songs from 17th century thru 1900, check this
> site. It is streaming with a very good quality sound. It has been there
> for many years.
>
> http://www.contemplator.com/america/
>

Streaming?? LOL. You are so clueless I am actually rather amazed!

You must be very new to the internet to not know about midi files on
websites. This 'very good quality sound' is just MIDI files being played
locally on your machine.

Back in the days where a large proportion of the internet consisted of
amateur homepages like the one you linked to, they were so common that they
became very unfashionable very quickly, for obvious reasons.

Your pretence to be some sort of web developer is tragically funny. Please
carry on making a fool of yourself!

ss.

"DanS" <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9A4BC0EF1EC52thisnthatroadrunnerc@207.46.2 48.16...
>
> WMP *EXPOSES* an API, but it is not called an API. It is a program.
>
> And if all you are doing is playing pre-recorded sounds, using the WMP API
> is waaaaaaaay overdoing it
> because you can play wav files with one single Win32 API call....
>
> sndPlaySound which is exported from winmm.dll


Seriously.. API-man is such a clueless muppet. Now he thinks midi music on
websites is streaming. What uninformed morons can do with a little but of
knowledge...

ss.

"AlexB" <alexb@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>I use streaming of stock quotes in my applications which come from
>quotetracker API, BTW, Synaptic Syndrome.

LOL. You have no idea what an irrelevant statement that is, do you?

> The Streaming Audio renderer is a part of WMP. Thus, Synaptic Syndrome, I
> am sorry, it is an API for me.

API-man, -you clown!

ss.

"Frank" <fb@samm.zrr> wrote in message
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>>
> Many of us have lived in Europe, Asia, Scandinavia and many other places
> through the world.
> Many of us speak more than just one language and watch local, national and
> international news.

Yeah, many of us have and do, Frank. Not you though, obviously. Now get
back to your Fox News!

ss.

I have blocked that idiot.. but calling midi files as streaming good sound
makes me think that
he must me something like 5 years old or a total moron, probably both.

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"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote in message
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> "AlexB" <alexb@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:ubiCQTJdIHA.1376@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>
>> As for the American folk songs from 17th century thru 1900, check this
>> site. It is streaming with a very good quality sound. It has been there
>> for many years.
>>
>> http://www.contemplator.com/america/
>>
>
> Streaming?? LOL. You are so clueless I am actually rather amazed!
>
> You must be very new to the internet to not know about midi files on
> websites. This 'very good quality sound' is just MIDI files being played
> locally on your machine.
>
> Back in the days where a large proportion of the internet consisted of
> amateur homepages like the one you linked to, they were so common that
> they became very unfashionable very quickly, for obvious reasons.
>
> Your pretence to be some sort of web developer is tragically funny.
> Please carry on making a fool of yourself!
>
> ss.
>

Synapse Syndrome wrote:

> "Frank" <fb@samm.zrr> wrote in message
> news:upQzEtNdIHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
>>Many of us have lived in Europe, Asia, Scandinavia and many other places
>>through the world.
>>Many of us speak more than just one language and watch local, national and
>>international news.
>
>
> Yeah, many of us have and do, Frank. Not you though, obviously. Now get
> back to your Fox News!
>
> ss.
>
>
What does ss stand for?
Let's see is it...still stupid..or stupid sh*t...or...starving
student...simon simpleton...or is it that you just suck sh*t...and can't
do anything about it...LOL!
Frank

"Frank" <fb@samm.zrr> wrote in message
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>>
> What does ss stand for?

After all this time you still do not know what ss stands for??

Bloody hell, how dense are you?? It's right there in front of your stupid
face!

> Let's see is it...still stupid..or stupid sh*t...or...starving
> student...simon simpleton...or is it that you just suck sh*t...and can't
> do anything about it...LOL!

As usual, I'm just devastated by your witty riposte. Pathetic!

ss.

Synapse Syndrome wrote:
> "Frank" <fb@samm.zrr> wrote in message
> news:eaEKORRdIHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
>>What does ss stand for?
>
>
> After all this time you still do not know what ss stands for??
>
> Bloody hell, how dense are you?? It's right there in front of your stupid
> face!
>
>
>>Let's see is it...still stupid..or stupid sh*t...or...starving
>>student...simon simpleton...or is it that you just suck sh*t...and can't
>>do anything about it...LOL!
>
>
> As usual, I'm just devastated by your witty riposte. Pathetic!
>
> ss.
>
>
All of the above huh?
Figures!
Frank