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MS Office Forum / Word / Programming / October 2005Running mp3 files from Word
Hi, How can I run mp3 files from a word document, without displaying Windows Media Player or any player and also not showing the warning message about viruses etc? Any ideas? Thank you. Cem >Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Cem Some smart person may waltz in with a solution, but I don't think it can be done for the general case. I think the absolute minimum would be a macro that uses the Shell command. To run any macro without an antivirus warning, you have to meet these conditions: - If the macro is in a document, the code is signed with a digital certificate. The user will have to accept the certificate the first time the macro runs. - If the macro is in a template, the template must be installed in a "trusted location" -- the User Templates or Workgroup Templates folder. The security level must be set no higher than Medium -- which is something you as a developer have no control over. If you can get past these hurdles, you can probably launch the default player without making it visible. Personally, if I opened a Word document and the thing started playing music at me, I'd hit the Delete key so fast it would make your head spin. I usually keep the speakers turned off anyway. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Hi Jay: Waltzing in... (OLE music please!!!). Actually, it's easy. I had an OLE sound clip in an Access program that I copied then pasted right onto my Word document. I clicked on it, and it played the sound (clapping) without actually bringing up the Windows Media Player. Access mentions that it uses the "Microsoft Sound Recorder Server". Easy, huh? I'm sure that if one sets up an application object in Word, you could programmatically activate it with code similar to this code that I used in Access: Dim ctr As Control Set ctr = Me!CLAPPING ctr.Action = acOLEActivate You can download the simple document with the embedded OLE control ("Doc with OLE Sound Control") from http://briefcase.yahoo.com/alborgmd. Regards, Al (check out my free MS Word EMR Project, downloadable at http://www.emrupdate.com/freestuff/alborgesmd.aspx) >>Hi, >> [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > Jay Freedman > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Al Borges was telling us: Al Borges nous racontait que : > Hi Jay: > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > ("Doc with OLE Sound Control") from > http://briefcase.yahoo.com/alborgmd. That seems to be a WAV sound embedded in a Word document. The OP asked about an MP3 file... You can embed an MP3 file in a Word document, but playing it will pop up a virus warning and some kind of MP3 player (whatever the MP3 default player is on the system Windows Media, WinAmp, etc.), no?  SignatureSalut! _______________________________________ Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP jmarcilREMOVE@CAPSsympatico.caTHISTOO Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org Hi Jean: OLE music please!!! Just leave out the mayo and the player... Yeah, weird. The wav files also bring up a sound program s.a. Realplayer if you copy and paste them directly onto your Word project. I tried to check settings inside Windows, then inside MS Word, etc. Nothing. Almost gave up... but I think I figured it out! You have to do this to keep a program from launching: 1) Go to the toolbar, then select Insert > Object, then select "wave sound". Now click "OK". You'll see the little horn icon, which means no popup will occur. 2) Now right click on this object then select Sound Recorder Document Object > Edit. Now click on Edit > Insert File. Choose your *.wav file. Now exit out of this mini-player (don't worry- you won't see this again). 3) Click on the icon, and enjoy your sound, sans Realplayer or Windows popup player. The new test document with both an embedded "test.wav" as well as an object with "test.wav" can be downloaded from http://briefcase.yahoo.com/alborgmd. Regards, Al > Al Borges was telling us: > Al Borges nous racontait que : [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > virus warning and some kind of MP3 player (whatever the MP3 default player > is on the system Windows Media, WinAmp, etc.), no? Al Borges was telling us: Al Borges nous racontait que : > Hi Jean: > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> exit > out of this mini-player (don't worry- you won't see this again). Sorry to be a pest, but... Again, the OP was asking about an MP3 file, not a WAV file. You can play a WAV file directly in Word without any third party player showing up on screen. But can you do the same with an MP3 file? I know you can convert an MP3 into a WAV file, but that means the final file size will be about 6 times larger.... And I am not sure that this is something the OP can/want to do. SignatureSalut! _______________________________________ Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP jmarcilREMOVE@CAPSsympatico.caTHISTOO Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org Hi Jean: Word can't play MP3's directly, a limitation seen in most other Microsoft products. In fact, if we were discussing Outlook, there is an Add-in that specifically addresses that problem within Outlook that opens up mp3 playback. It's for download in numerous places (just look for "Outlook mp3 Player")... At his site, the author discusses the Microsoft software limitation to playing wav files, and how his software addresses this. He's right- I tried looking for some similar Add-in from CNET.com downloads, and nothing is available. I checked MSDN and nothing about mp3 playing in Office or Word is even discussed. I guess it'll have to be wav playing... size and all. Regards, Al > Sorry to be a pest, but... > Again, the OP was asking about an MP3 file, not a WAV file. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > size will be about 6 times larger.... And I am not sure that this is > something the OP can/want to do. > _______________________________________ > Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP > jmarcilREMOVE@CAPSsympatico.caTHISTOO > Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org
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