hey guys i am fairly new to Programming so simple is better. i have a console application that i need to add resource files to in Dev c++ 5.11. I have already added the .wav file to my project i have checked include with compilation. but still as soon as i take my .exe file out of the folder where i have my .wav file in it does not play the sound. any ideas im pulling my hair out at this point it should not be this difficult to add a resource file to my program. thanks in advance
Why are you moving the .exe file? If you move it then you need to tell the linker
where the file is - possibly with a stream. Have you tried using the dev packs
help files? I'm guessing your using a third party library to play audio. Technically
you should keep all execution files together in the same folder - unless you have
a good reason to move things around.
Double Helix STL
I am moving the. Exe becuase I'm trying to distribute the program, in other words all I'm trying to do is have the music files included shipped with the .exe(I think it's called embedded files).
Make a little file in Notepad with the following and save it as mywave.rc:
"awavefile.wav" is your wave file; MYWAVE the associated identifier and can be whatever you want.Code:MYWAVE WAVE "awavefile.wav"
Add mywave.rc to your project. The IDE should automatically compile the resource into the exe.
Play it like
PlaySound functionCode:PlaySound("MYWAVE", GetModuleHandle(NULL), SND_RESOURCE);
Playing Wave Resources
Last edited by algorism; 10-02-2016 at 10:14 AM.
i did that now im getting this error.
$(WINDRES) -i gummybears_private.rc --input-format=rc -o gummybears_private.res -O coff --include-dir C:/Users/brian/Desktop/GUMMYB~1
any additional ideas?
it also says this.
32 C:\Users\brian\Desktop\gummybears\Makefile.win recipe for target 'gummybears_private.res' failed
it also says this.
C:\Users\brian\Desktop\gummybears\can't open file `85568__joelaudio__dragon-roar (2)' No such file or directory
this is my makefile.
# Project: gummybears
# Makefile created by Dev-C++ 5.11
CPP = g++.exe
CC = gcc.exe
WINDRES = windres.exe
RES = gummybears_private.res
OBJ = main.o $(RES)
LINKOBJ = main.o $(RES)
LIBS = -L"C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/lib" -L"C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib" -static-libgcc -lwinmm mywave.res
INCS = -I"C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/include" -I"C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include" -I"C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.9.2/include"
CXXINCS = -I"C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/include" -I"C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include" -I"C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.9.2/include" -I"C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.9.2/include/c++"
BIN = gummybears.exe
CXXFLAGS = $(CXXINCS) -std=c++11
CFLAGS = $(INCS) -std=c++11
RM = rm.exe -f
.PHONY: all all-before all-after clean clean-custom
all: all-before $(BIN) all-after
clean: clean-custom
${RM} $(OBJ) $(BIN)
$(BIN): $(OBJ)
$(CPP) $(LINKOBJ) -o $(BIN) $(LIBS)
main.o: main.cpp
$(CPP) -c main.cpp -o main.o $(CXXFLAGS)
gummybears_private.res: gummybears_private.rc mywave.res
$(WINDRES) -i gummybears_private.rc --input-format=rc -o gummybears_private.res -O coff --include-dir C:/Users/brian/Desktop/GUMMYB~1
Last edited by brink1123; 10-02-2016 at 05:01 PM.
