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    Question 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
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    Quote Originally Posted by MystWind
    I'm trying to play a sound
    Look up the PlaySound function.
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    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.
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    Unhappy nope

    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)
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    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.

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    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

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    You must include the
    Code:
    #include <windows.h>

    Its a windows function.

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    Quote 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.

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    Quote 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.

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    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?
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    anyone?
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    Quote 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

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    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..)
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