need help with the PlaySound Function

[Ben Bateman]

I am tyring to write a small menu program that will display the lyrics of a
song, and then play the song. I was told that you have to convert the mp3
to wav, did that.

The 2 function calls under each case is included in another header file that
I created. I have the <mmsystem.h> included in the main cpp file. The
functions under the PlaySound function works correctly, but it is not
playing the wav file.


void main()
{
char choice;

do
{
choice = showMenu(28,10);
switch(choice)
{
case '1': PlaySound("c:\01-thir13teen-pms", NULL, SND_FILENAME |
SND_ASYNC);
typeoNegative();
setcolor(0x0017);
break;
case '2': ozzyshot();
setcolor(0x0021);
break;
case '3': pinkfloyd();
setcolor(0x00e0);
break;
case '4': blackSabbath();
setcolor(0x047);
break;
}
}while(choice != '0');

}

 

[Kevin Goodsell]

I am tyring to write a small menu program that will display the lyrics of a
song, and then play the song. I was told that you have to convert the mp3
to wav, did that.

C++ does not have facilities for playing songs, nor does it have
anything to say about mp3 or wav.

The 2 function calls under each case is included in another header file that
I created. I have the <mmsystem.h>

Not a standard C++ header.

included in the main cpp file. The
functions under the PlaySound function works correctly, but it is not
playing the wav file.

PlaySound is not a standard C++ function.

void main()

In C++, main returns int.

<snip remaining non-standard code>

I don't see a C++ question in your message. If you have a question about
C++, please ask it. If you want to post code demonstrating a problem, we
encourage that, but please leave out any and all non-standard functions,
constructs, etc.

If you *don't* have a C++ question, then please find a more appropriate
newsgroup.

Also, please read the Welcome message which is posted at least twice a
week (I believe it was posted today) with the text "Welcome to
comp.lang.c++. Read this before posting" in the subject line.

-Kevin