Thread: There is a problem with adding sound to my application...

Im making a console app, but the idea is that there will be music in the background, but I can't get it to play, all I get are linker errors when I try to compile. Ive included the "mmsystem.h" file, and am using the PlaySound(); function, but it keeps on coming up with this error

Code:

Consolechess.cpp: undefined reference to `PlaySoundA@12'

Hello,

You may need to include the Winmm library also:

Code:

// Library
#pragma comment(lib, "winmm.lib")

// Headers
#include <windows.h>
#include <mmsystem.h>

There are other ways to link libraries. Though, for reference, winmm.lib, is the library needed.


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Close but no cigar, sorry, but the same thing happened, try again though, Im open to suggestions.

Do you have any idea on how to set it as a command line parameter in Dev-C++, because Ive never had the need to do it before?

for some reason when I do it, it plays a different sound, it plays the same sound as if you compiled the code below (I can't think of a better way of explaining it), just try this code and listen for the sound, thats the sound I mean. It doesn't play the sound I want

Code:

MessageBox(NULL, "TEST", "TEST", MB_OK);

Code:

#include <mmsystem.h>

I added the relavent .lib file

Code:

PlaySound("background.midi", NULL, SND_FILENAME | SND_ASYNC | SND_LOOP);