Playing sounds in Turbo C++

Hello, I am a sophomore in highschool. I am making battleship as my final project and I need some help. Would anyone be kind enough to tell me how(if possible) to play a .wav file? If that is not possible, is it possible to play a beep (the \a type) with a different frequency? If you need a special header file could you please post it? Thank you.

turbo c++, thats version 3.0, correct?
which is dos based?


if thats right, i dont think u can play wav files easily.

Yes, it is version 3.0, the DOS based version. I could also take advice for the Borland C++ compiler, I believe 5.0.

i know msvc, if u include the windows.h header file has a function called PlaySound()
i dunno if borland includes this.
u might wanna try it out

OK, so I include windows.h which I believe I have, and all I need to do is PlaySound(boom.wav) if it is in the same directory?

i think its best to put it PlaySound("boom.wav")
but in microsoft's version, there are 2 other values u put it
but check just to make sure the function is there

OK, this is my code:

Code:

   #include<windows.h>
   #include<conio.h>

    void main ()
            {
             PlaySound(bomb.wav);
             getch();
             }

And this is my error:

Undefined symbol: bomb

Do I somehow need to declare the .wav file?

use quotes please

I checked the windows.h header file and the only code about sounds was:

Code:

/****** Sound support ******************************************************/

#ifndef NOSOUND

int     WINAPI OpenSound(void);
void    WINAPI CloseSound(void);

int     WINAPI StartSound(void);
int     WINAPI StopSound(void);

int     WINAPI SetVoiceQueueSize(int, int);
int     WINAPI SetVoiceNote(int, int, int, int);
int     WINAPI SetVoiceAccent(int, int, int, int, int);
int     WINAPI SetVoiceEnvelope(int, int, int);
int     WINAPI SetVoiceSound(int, DWORD, int);

int     WINAPI SetVoiceThreshold(int, int);
int FAR* WINAPI GetThresholdEvent(void);
int     WINAPI GetThresholdStatus(void);

int     WINAPI SetSoundNoise(int, int);

Am I doing something wrong?

wow
i think somehow u gotta include or use those functions...

i cant help u too much on that, because i just use microsoft c++ and all i need is the function


OH YEA

see if u can also link this library file (or if u even have it)
winmm.lib

i know i had to include that when i complile
dunno hwo to do it with borland th0

I'm pretty sure that the new Borland compiler has a
Sound(Frequency, Duration) function. The old one should have one too. Do you have a sound.h file? In true-DOS this would probably only work through the internal speaker

Microsoft has a Beep(Frequency, Duration) function. But, it does different things depending on your hardware and operating system. As I recall, it only works "as-expected" with WinNT or WinXP and only if you don't have a sound card/external speakers... Weird!

Those WINAPI sound functions that you found look like MIDI functions, which should work... if you can find the documentation... And if they are from the Turbo C++ compiler. If it's really a DOS compiler, it shouldn't have a windows.h file!

What header file does the beep function require?

Originally posted by Fifasoccer21234
What header file does the beep function require?

Check your compilers documentation, or simply do a search through the .h files in your include directory.

Also, for the duration and frequency what are the units they are measured in? Could you perhaps give me a test section of code that uses the beep function in msvc 6.0?

Do you mean search every .h file inside of each and every one? I don't see any sound or beep .h's