Sound

hey guys (i'm back),

I've been looking on the internet for about 3.5 hours now, and still havn't found the sollution.
I'm trying to play a sound ( bling.wav ) in my Windows application.
I can't get it to regonize bling.wav with

Code:

#include "bling.wav"

neither do I know if this is the right way.. can someone show me the right direction?

thanks

Originally Posted by MystWind

I'm trying to play a sound

Look up the PlaySound function.

this is what I allready came up with :

Code:

PlaySound("ding.wav",NULL,SND_ASYNC|SND_FILENAME);

but I include it this way : [CODE]#include "ding.wav"[\CODE]
didn;t work.

edit : [CODE]
#include "ding.wav"

main() {

PlaySound("ding.wav",NULL,SND_ASYNC|SND_FILENAME);

return 0;
}[\CODE] this one works but its doesnt plays the sound..

edit: I;ve found a new clue... give me a moment and don't mention me till then.

nope didn;t work out as i hoped it would:9 I'll just post my code :S can't do it alone.

test.cpp

Code:

#include "ding.wav"
#include "Mmsystem.h."
#include "Coredll.lib."


main() {
       
       PlaySound("ding.wav",NULL,SND_ASYNC|SND_FILENAME);
       
       return 0;
       }

then i have ding.wav <-- the sound. and the automaticly created piece of code the dev compiler creates when you make a Windows application , headers :

Code:

 #include <windows.h>
            #include "Mmsystem.h."

sorry for the trouble.. I hope you guys can and are willing to help an old friend ( hmm....:P)

Well the first thing is that the #include directive is only used for including header files.
The first argument to PlaySound is the file name in this case ding.wav so if that file is in the current directory of your program (usually the same directory that your program is in) then it will play it or you can specify the full path to the wave file.
The other Option is to add the wav as as resource.

Try this code:

Code:

#include "windows.h"
#include "Mmsystem.h."


main()
{

    PlaySound("ding.wav",0,SND_SYNC|SND_FILENAME);
    return 0;
}

make sure that you link to winmm.lib

for some reason the SND_ASYNC "works" on mine too but doesn't play the sound, but The SND_SYNC works and plays the sound

You must include the

Code:

#include <windows.h>

Its a windows function.

Originally Posted by Darryl

for some reason the SND_ASYNC "works" on mine too but doesn't play the sound, but The SND_SYNC works and plays the sound

Probably because your program exits before the sound has a chance to play.

Originally Posted by Quantum1024

Probably because your program exits before the sound has a chance to play.

Hey, you are absolutely right... I added a while (true) loop to keep it running and async worked perfectly.

great thanks for the help... only problem left is I don't know how to link to winmm.lib ?'

anyone > plz tell me how to link to winmm.lib?

anyone?

Originally Posted by MystWind

great thanks for the help... only problem left is I don't know how to link to winmm.lib ?'

anyone > plz tell me how to link to winmm.lib?

Well assuming you are using MSVC, you need to go into the project options under linker and you will find a field called additional dependencies, just type in winmm.lib...if there are other entries in there, put it after them, I think you can just seperate them with a space

ah great thanks a load havn;t found it yet but I'll figure ! ty!

EDIT : ARGH ,I can't find that freakin option...I'll do it tomorrow...( i use Dev as a compiler , it doesn;t has the linker tab ) its a sub tab but i can;t add stuff there..)