Sound advice

[Peteroid]

Can anybody point me to or give a simple source example of a managed C++
application that can play a wav sound file? I know a little about
playSound(), but it doesn't seem to like to compile (even though it's
'recognized' via type-ahead in the editor). Required header files might be
my problem, not sure...

Thanx in advance! :)

[William DePalo [MVP VC++]]

"Peteroid" <pe************@msn.com> wrote in message
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Can anybody point me to or give a simple source
example of a managed C++
application that can play a wav sound file?
Yup, try this:

#include <windows.h>

#using <mscorlib.dll>
using namespace System;

int main()
{
Console::WriteLine(S"Play sound test ...");

PlaySound("file.wav", 0, SND_FILENAME);

return 0;
}

Change "file.wav" to be the full path to a multimedia file.
I know a little about playSound(), but it doesn't
seem to like to compile (even though it's 'recognized'
via type-ahead in the editor). Required header files
might be my problem, not sure...

Compilers can be so picky ... :-)

Seriously, it is often wise to post a _few lines_ of code and the _exact_
text of the error message you get from the compiler. More often than not
someone here will be able to decipher it for you. And on those rare
occasions when no one can spot the error, it can be escalated to someone who
does.

Regards,
Will

[Peteroid]

Thanx for responding!

I tried the code snipet below, and I get a lot of errors. After a little
experimentation, I've narrowed it down to not liking the inclusion of
"windows.h". It needs it to recognize PlaySound() and SND_FILENAME, but a
subset of the errors it gives with windows.h are as follows:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\Vc7\PlatformSDK\Include\ObjIdl.h(7385): error C2371: 'IDataObject' :
redefinition; different basic types

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\Vc7\PlatformSDK\Include\ObjIdl.h(7894): error C2371: 'IMessageFilter' :
redefinition; different basic types

c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\Vc7\PlatformSDK\Include\ServProv.h(92): error C2872: 'IServiceProvider'
: ambiguous symbol
:
:
etc.

and other errors that look like just these same errors being repeated many
times. I'm doing a MANAGED windows program, is that the problem?

[==Peter==]

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"Peteroid" <pe************@msn.com> wrote in message
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Can anybody point me to or give a simple source
example of a managed C++
application that can play a wav sound file?
Yup, try this:

#include <windows.h>

#using <mscorlib.dll>
using namespace System;

int main()
{
Console::WriteLine(S"Play sound test ...");

PlaySound("file.wav", 0, SND_FILENAME);

return 0;
}

Change "file.wav" to be the full path to a multimedia file.

I know a little about playSound(), but it doesn't
seem to like to compile (even though it's 'recognized'
via type-ahead in the editor). Required header files
might be my problem, not sure...

Compilers can be so picky ... :-)

Seriously, it is often wise to post a _few lines_ of code and the

_exact_ text of the error message you get from the compiler. More often than not
someone here will be able to decipher it for you. And on those rare
occasions when no one can spot the error, it can be escalated to someone who does.

Regards,
Will