~~Title: Play ~~
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The internal **Play** command is used to [[:additional_functionality:playing_sounds|play]] selected sound files. This is a very simple built-in utility - it's not supposed to replace a dedicated sound player. It may also not support all audio formats - fundamentally, only **.wav** files are supported, although **.mp3** and other formats can also work if suitable codecs are installed for them.



**Command Arguments:**
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$$ Argument
$$ Type
$$ Possible values
$$ Description
$$ (#)<nobr>//(no argument)//</nobr>
$$ -
$$ -
$$ Plays selected sound files in the current folder using the internal [[:additional_functionality:playing_sounds|sound player]].

``Play``
$$ FILE
$$ /M
$$ //<filename> ...//
$$ Plays the specified sound file or files. This lets you play a specific sound - for example, you might add this command to the end of a button to signify that a function had completed. You would normally want to use the **QUIET** argument as well in these cases.

Remember that if the filename contains spaces you need to enclose it in quotes. This is the default argument for the **Play** command so you do not need to provide the **FILE** keyword.

``Play C:\Data\Sounds\Complete.wav QUIET``
$$ QUIET
$$ /S
$$ //(no value)//
$$ Plays the specified (or selected) sounds without displaying the Play dialog.

``Play QUIET``
$$ STOPALL
$$ /S
$$ //(no value)//
$$ Stops any sounds that are currently playing in the background (due to the `Play QUIET` command).

``Play STOPALL``
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