How to add sound using BASS.dll

Written by Tal Alon,

CVI has no innate sound capabilities, so if you wish to add sounds to your software you need some outside help. The windows libraries can let you run WAV files and ActiveX controls can let you play anything, but they are complicated (ish) to use. In this post I will present the BASS audio library provided by Un4Seen -another option which in my opinion is the easiest to use and most powerful.

Keep reading to learn the basics of using BASS and make some sound!

Getting Started with CVI - Part 1

    Written by Tal Alon - October 2012

In this post we show, step by step, the way to create simple CVI programs. This post will allow you to take your first steps using this wonderful programming environment.

How To Make a Distribution Kit

   
Written by Erez Wenger and Tal Alon - December 2011

Congratulation, you've finished a CVI project. Whether you want to run your project on another computer that doesn't have CVI, send it to a friends or start publishing it, the next step is to build an installer or a  distribution kit.

* If you want to run the project on another computer without making the distribution kit, it must have CVI installed, as all CVI made applications require the CVI Run-time Engine.

In this post we show how to easily create such a distribution kit.

How to Make a Workspace Compatible with Older Versions of CVI

If you are working with a new version of CVI, you might have problems opening your projects with older CVI versions.

Assuming you did not use any new feature that doesn't exist in older CVI versions, the only thing you have to do in order to open and work with your project (and in order to build a distribution kit) with an older CVI is to save the UIR file (or files) in the correct format:

1) When opening the project or workspace you might get an error window telling you that the project was written in a newer version of CVI... dismiss it (Continue) and carry on.

2) Open the .uir file (you might get another error message, dismiss it).

3) While in  the .uir window, click 'File' and then save the .uir file with the same name as before (shown in the image below):

Pay attention to the lower line in the file select window, it allows you to select the .uir version:

After saving the .uir file in the correct version you will be able to work freely within the workspace.