checking and changing system volume vb.net code example

Example 1: checking and changing system volume vb.net

'	NOTES.
'1 On Form1 this project requires: 3 Buttons, 1 TextBox and 1 Label.
'2 Navigate to Solution Explorer and Right Click the project name. 
'3 Click 'Add Reference'.
'4 Click the 'Browse' tab.
'5 Navigate to the folder containing 'CoreAudio.Dll' 
'6 Select 'CoreAudio.dll' and click 'OK'.

Imports CoreAudio

Public Class Form1

    Dim Svol As Integer = 0   'Select Volume.  Global variable.

    Private Sub Form1_Load() Handles MyBase.Load

        Button1.Text = "SetVol"
        Button2.Text = "READ"
        Button3.Text = "EXIT"
        Label1.Text = ""
    End Sub

    Private Sub Button1_Click() Handles Button1.Click
     ' Click this button to set a new volume level. First type the
     ' required level into TextBox1, as a percentage 0 to 100 (%)

        Svol = Val(TextBox1.Text)             ' Get the required value
        If Svol < 0 Then Svol = 0              ' Ensure it's within limits
        If Svol > 100 Then Svol = 100
        TextBox1.Text = Svol.ToString       ' Echo the level back into TextBox1
        SetVol()                                       ' Call the subroutine.

    End Sub

    Private Sub Button2_Click() Handles Button2.Click
     ' Display the current volume as collected by GetVol Function

        Label1.Text = "Current Volume Level = " & GetVol().ToString & "%"
    End Sub

    Private Sub Button3_Click() Handles Button3.Click

        Me.Close()                 ' Close and exit the program.
    End Sub

    Private Function GetVol() As Integer        'Function to read current volume setting
        Dim MasterMinimum As Integer = 0
        Dim DevEnum As New MMDeviceEnumerator()
        Dim device As MMDevice = DevEnum.GetDefaultAudioEndpoint(EDataFlow.eRender, ERole.eMultimedia)
        Dim Vol As Integer = 0

        With device.AudioEndpointVolume
            Vol = CInt(.MasterVolumeLevelScalar * 100)
            If Vol < MasterMinimum Then
                Vol = MasterMinimum / 100.0F
            End If
        End With
        Return Vol
    End Function

    Private Sub SetVol()

        Dim DevEnum As New MMDeviceEnumerator()
        Dim device As MMDevice = DevEnum.GetDefaultAudioEndpoint(EDataFlow.eRender, ERole.eMultimedia)

        device.AudioEndpointVolume.MasterVolumeLevelScalar = Svol / 100.0F

    End Sub

End Class

Example 2: checking and changing system volume vb.net

Dim vol As New Sound(path_to_nircmd)
vol.setVol(50)

Example 3: checking and changing system volume vb.net

Public Class Sound
    Dim nircmd As String
    Const MAXVOL As Integer = 65535

    Public Sub New(ByVal nircmd_location As String)
        nircmd = nircmd_location
    End Sub

    Public Sub setVol(ByVal level As Integer)

        Dim p As New ProcessStartInfo
        p.FileName = nircmd
        p.Arguments = "setsysvolume " & (MAXVOL * (level / 100)).ToString
        Process.Start(p)

    End Sub
End Class