Play a Sound Wave File in .Net, NetCore and Net5.0 without additional Media Libraries

SimpleSoundPlayer.cs

namespace Gist
{
    using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

    //NOTICE : Applicable only to Windows and wav files
    
    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    /// <summary>
    /// A class that uses PInvoke to play a wave file in DotNet Core, .Net and Net5.0.  This function
    /// will not work on non Windows platforms, but does work on alternative UI frameworks such as 
    /// Avalonia.
    /// </summary>
    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    public static class SimpleSoundPlayer
    {
        //See the following links for more information.
        // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/dd743680(v=vs.85)
        // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/multimedia/the-playsound-function
        // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/interop/how-to-use-platform-invoke-to-play-a-wave-file
        // When playing a simple sound, the developer doesn't want a complex library.  Frameworks such
        // as WPF and WinForms require access to specific Media libraries that are not available in
        // frameworks such as Avalonia.  This approach to playing a wav file works in full .Net
        // Framework as well as DotNet Core/Net5.0.
        public static bool PlaySoundWaveFileAsync(string fullOrRelativePathToWaveFile)
        {
            return PlaySound(fullOrRelativePathToWaveFile, new System.IntPtr(), PlaySoundFlags.SND_ASYNC);
        }

        [DllImport("winmm.DLL", EntryPoint = "PlaySound", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, ThrowOnUnmappableChar = true)]
        private static extern bool PlaySound(string szSound, System.IntPtr hMod, PlaySoundFlags flags);

        [System.Flags]
        private enum PlaySoundFlags : int
        {
            SND_SYNC = 0x0000,
            SND_ASYNC = 0x0001,
            SND_NODEFAULT = 0x0002,
            SND_LOOP = 0x0008,
            SND_NOSTOP = 0x0010,
            SND_NOWAIT = 0x00002000,
            SND_FILENAME = 0x00020000,
            SND_RESOURCE = 0x00040004
        }
    }
}