winsound.SND_PURGE has no effect

[Ultrasick]

BPO	4741
Nosy	@birkenfeld
Files	test.py: demonstration test file: test.py sound.wav: demonstration test sound: sound.wav

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closed_at = <Date 2008-12-26.09:36:48.884>
created_at = <Date 2008-12-24.20:43:18.026>
labels = ['extension-modules', 'type-bug']
title = 'winsound.SND_PURGE has no effect'
updated_at = <Date 2008-12-26.09:36:48.841>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/Ultrasick'

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components = ['Extension Modules']
creation = <Date 2008-12-24.20:43:18.026>
creator = 'Ultrasick'
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'wont fix'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue4741'
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[Ultrasick]

I added a .py file to demonstrate the problem. I tryed 2 ways to stop
the sound from beeing played. The first way "winsound.PlaySound(path[0]
+ '/sound.wav', winsound.SND_PURGE)" should already stop it but instead
it starts the playback again. The second has no effect on my computer.

My system:
Windows 2000, service pack: 4
Python 2.6.something

[Ultrasick]

added a test sound

[ocean-city]

You should specify winsound.SND_ASYNC in first PlaySound. By default,
PlaySound won't return until completing to play wav file.

winsound.SND_PURGE doesn't work for me. I'm also using Win2000SP4, and
I found http://www.vbforums.com/archive/index.php/t-209162.html
They also think SND_PURGE doesn't work on Win2000. And MSDN says
SND_PURGE is not supported. (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/ms712879.aspx)

[birkenfeld]

In any case, this is not an issue in Python as PlaySound is only a thin
wrapper around the OS' function.