problem with mciSendString...

Ok, well I dont get any error with this, and I haad everything working till I added the menu into the mix, and as far as I can tell everything is pretty much in the right order of anyone can help me find my problem then I would be eternally grateful.

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#include <mmsystem.h>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
    int val = 1;
    do {
    val = 1;
    // Select file to play
    string f_name = "";
    string temp = "";
    bool pause = false;
    cout << "Type full file path if located in another folder, or type in file"
            "name if locatedin same folder as the executable. Use ""!"" as the"
            "terminating character e.x. \nC:\\Program Files\\LimeWire\\Korn.mp3!" << endl;
    cout << "File Name: ";
    getline( cin, f_name, '!' );
    cin.ignore();
    cout << endl;
    if ( val != 0 ) {
    cout << "If you want to pick a diffrent song just select RESET on menu after each song." << endl;
    cout << "Or REPLAY to start the song over. or EXIT to quit the program." << endl;
    cout << "Updates will probably include saved songed lists, and other helpful things." << endl;
    val = 0;
        }
    cout << endl;
    do {
    pause = false;
    temp = "open " + f_name;
    mciSendString ( f_name.c_str(), 0, 0, 0 );
    system("pause");
    temp = "play " + f_name;
    mciSendString ( f_name.c_str(), 0, 0, 0 );
    cout << "Now Playing: " << f_name << endl;
    cout << "Press Enter to display menu ( DOES NOT STOP THE SONG )" << endl;
    system("pause");
    cout << "1) Pause " << endl;
    cout << "2) Replay" << endl;
    cout << "3) Reset " << endl;
    cout << "4) Exit  " << endl;
    cout << "Selection: ";
    int tempi = 0;
    cin >> tempi;
    if ( tempi == 1 ) {
        pause = true;
        temp = "pause " + f_name;
        mciSendString ( f_name.c_str(), 0, 0, 0 );
        cout << "PRESS enter to Resume the song" << endl;
        temp = "resume " + f_name;
        mciSendString ( f_name.c_str(), 0, 0, 0 );
    }
    else if ( tempi == 2 ) {
        temp = "close " + f_name;
        mciSendString ( f_name.c_str(), 0, 0, 0 );
        temp = "open " + f_name;
        mciSendString ( f_name.c_str(), 0, 0, 0 );
        pause = true;
    }
    else if ( tempi == 3 ) {
        temp = "close " + f_name;
        mciSendString ( f_name.c_str(), 0, 0, 0 );
        pause = false;
        val = 0;
    }
    else {
        pause = false;
        val =1;
    }
        } while ( pause == true );
    } while ( val = 0 );
}

Looks like you're sending the wrong string to mciSendString - try it with 'temp' which you seem to be constructing from an mci command and a file path.

By the way, you should really check the return values of these api functions. In this particular case, mciSendString returns zero on success or an error code on failure that can be used with mciGetErrorString to get some meaningful description of the error.

Yea, I had not made it that far yet, and I did not know the mci command to find the value, so mciGetErrorString will give me a value, can you demonstrate in a snippet please, thank you for any assistance. A stupid mistake on my part clearly. When I added the menu I rebuilt the loading of songs to allow me to clear them from memory and I had to change the vars to be able to select filename, and I just made a novice mistake, thank you for pointing it out though