XL98: No Direct Visual Basic Equivalent for SOUND.PLAY() (191122)

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If you want to play a sound using a Visual Basic for Applications macro, use the ExecuteExcel4Macro method to run the Sound.Play() function.

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   Sub PlaySound()
      Application.ExecuteExcel4Macro _
     "SOUND.PLAY(,""Macintosh HD:Clear"")"
   End Sub
				

Note the use of double quotation marks in this macro. These quotation marks are necessary because the path to the sound file is a string, which is included inside the outer string.