Directsound - How To Play Wavs

i am new to directsound. I was wondering if someone could point to a resource that explains how to load wav files and play them using directsound. I found one webpage that explains how to load wavs and play them but you load them by clicking a button and searching a window for the file; what I need is programmatic loading. I can't use simpler methods to play the wavs because I need multiple sounds playing at once and very fast execution times. If it isn't too difficult, perhaps someone could post some code.