how to open files

Hello,

I'm trying to open a sound file in c++ and it just doesn't work!, if anyone knows the code for that then can they please send it.:rolleyes:
Also is the code for opening and playing music files (wav) different from the code to open exe files or zip files.

Thanks Ilia:o

Code:

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i=PlaySound ("C:\\WINDOWS\\MEDIA\\TADA.WAV", 0L,SND_FILENAME | SND_ASYNC);

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be sure to include windows.h

Thanks for the code, but I'm new to c++ and get 4 error messages, saying undeclared indentifier.
Would I need to declare them as variables, if so how:D

Thanks
Ilia:cool:

Did you #include <windows.h> ?

Your four errors are probably: i, PlaySound, SND_FILENAME, and SND_ASYNC. Here is the complete code that will do this:

PHP Code:

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#include <iostream.h>
#include <windows.h>

int main()
{
      bool i;
      i=PlaySound("C:\\WINDOWS\\MEDIA\\TADA.WAV", 0L,SND_FILENAME | SND_ASYNC);
} 


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That should work. Be sure to set your project as a console app.

Two things...

1. iostreams are unnecessary in that program, since it doesn't produce any output.

2. It's <iostream> not <iostream.h>, you've picked the old non-standard header.

Apologies...

No need :)

The code works better but I still get this error message:

--------------------Configuration: sound1 - Win32 Debug--------------------
Compiling...
sound1.cpp
E:\C++\Day5\sound1\sound1.cpp(16) : error C2731: 'main' : function cannot be overloaded
E:\C++\Day5\sound1\sound1.cpp(15) : see declaration of 'main'
E:\C++\Day5\sound1\sound1.cpp(18) : warning C4129: 'W' : unrecognized character escape sequence
E:\C++\Day5\sound1\sound1.cpp(18) : warning C4129: 'M' : unrecognized character escape sequence
E:\C++\Day5\sound1\sound1.cpp(18) : warning C4129: 'T' : unrecognized character escape sequence
E:\C++\Day5\sound1\sound1.cpp(18) : warning C4800: 'int' : forcing value to bool 'true' or 'false' (performance warning)
E:\C++\Day5\sound1\sound1.cpp(19) : warning C4508: 'main' : function should return a value; 'void' return type assumed
Error executing cl.exe.

sound1.exe - 1 error(s), 5 warning(s)

Can you post your entire code, please?

// sound.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
//

#include "stdafx.h"


int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
return 0;
}

#include <windows.h>

int main()
{
bool i;
i=PlaySound("C:\WINDOWS\MEDIA\TADA.WAV", 0L,SND_FILENAME | SND_ASYNC);
}

You're not allowed two versions of main(). Use just the second half (from #include <windows.h>).

You also need to use double backslashes to avoid the character escape sequence errors.

...and 0L is redundant.

Code:

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#include <windows.h>

void main(){

    bool i;
    i = PlaySound("C:\\WINDOWS\\MEDIA\\TADA.WAV",  0, SND_FILENAME | SND_ASYNC);

}

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Also, PlaySound returns a BOOL which is just a synonym for int and not the same as bool.
And in this case, you can simply forget the return value of PlaySound.