vb.net - Visual Basic Resources -

ok question simple. have 3 resources in visual basic project in visual studio, audio files. want application play sound name user typed in textbox.

to explain bit further: have resources "fire", "water" , "air". if user types air in textbox, use

my.computer.audio.play(my.resources.air, audioplaymode.background) 

but don't want make copy of code each possibility, want make variable played object. can me? :s

you should put case statement

 dim resourcefilepathprefix string      if system.diagnostics.debugger.isattached()          'in debugging mode              resourcefilepathprefix = system.io.path.getfullpath(application.startuppath & "\..\..\resources\")       else          'in published mode              resourcefilepathprefix = application.startuppath & "\resources\"      end if       'you name files fire.wav, water.wav or whatever want.     playerstream = resourcefilepathprefix & textbox1.text + ".wav"      my.computer.audio.play(playerstream, audioplaymode.background) 

or reference directly:

try   my.computer.audio.play("c:\test\" & textbox1.text,audioplaymode.background) catch ex exception   msgbox("the file not exist." & ex.message, msgboxstyle.critical) end try 

assuming wav files @ c:\test :)