WAV Playback
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Im having trouble playing a wav file in my game.
I put the wavs in the resource file as so:-
BackMsc WAVE gamemusic.wav
PaddleSnd WAVE paddle.wav
BlockSnd WAVE block.wav
and included the resource.rc
and then tried to play the sound as so:-
// play the paddle sound ( i hope)
PlaySound ("PaddleSnd", hinstance,
SND_ASYNC | SND_RESOURCE);
and get the following error:-
error C2065: 'hinstance' : undeclared identifier.
any ideas?
thanks
chris
C/C++ is case sensitive, I suspect that the identifier is supposed to be hInstance instead of hinstance (if you've used the Windows project wizard).
Firstly, is hinstance defined?
If you can't easily get a valid HINSTANCE to the function, call
Secondly, I assume from the error code that you are using Visual C++. In which case, it generally gives resources integer ids instead of string ones. If this is the case, passing "PaddleSnd" won't work as PaddleSnd is actually an integral constant. Passing MAKEINTRESOURCE( PaddleSnd ) will convert the constant value to the appropriate string value.
If you can't easily get a valid HINSTANCE to the function, call
GetModuleHandle( 0 )Secondly, I assume from the error code that you are using Visual C++. In which case, it generally gives resources integer ids instead of string ones. If this is the case, passing "PaddleSnd" won't work as PaddleSnd is actually an integral constant. Passing MAKEINTRESOURCE( PaddleSnd ) will convert the constant value to the appropriate string value.
Author
OK I went down the ID route so
RESOURCE.H :-
# define SOUND_ID_PADDLE 1
# define SOUND_ID_MUSIC 2
# define SOUND_ID_BLOCK 3
RESOURCE.rc:-
#include "RESOURCE.H"
SOUND_ID_MUSIC WAVE music.wav
SOUND_ID_PADDLE WAVE paddle.wav
SOUND_ID_BLOCK WAVE block.wav
All wavs are in working folder , the code is as follows now:-
PlaySound (MAKEINTRESOURCE (SOUND_ID_PADDLE), hinstance,
SND_ASYNC | SND_RESOURCE);
but im getting this:-
error C2065: 'SOUND_ID_PADDLE' : undeclared identifier
error C2065: 'hinstance' : undeclared identifier
I need to declare hinstance in the globals?? how would I do this? Im sorry for being a pain but I had to stop using VB because I found it very boring.
thanks for you attention
chris
RESOURCE.H :-
# define SOUND_ID_PADDLE 1
# define SOUND_ID_MUSIC 2
# define SOUND_ID_BLOCK 3
RESOURCE.rc:-
#include "RESOURCE.H"
SOUND_ID_MUSIC WAVE music.wav
SOUND_ID_PADDLE WAVE paddle.wav
SOUND_ID_BLOCK WAVE block.wav
All wavs are in working folder , the code is as follows now:-
PlaySound (MAKEINTRESOURCE (SOUND_ID_PADDLE), hinstance,
SND_ASYNC | SND_RESOURCE);
but im getting this:-
error C2065: 'SOUND_ID_PADDLE' : undeclared identifier
error C2065: 'hinstance' : undeclared identifier
I need to declare hinstance in the globals?? how would I do this? Im sorry for being a pain but I had to stop using VB because I found it very boring.
thanks for you attention
chris
PlaySound( MAKEINTRESOURCE( IDR_WAVE1 ), GetModuleHandle( 0 ), SND_RESOURCE );Replace IDR_WAVE1 with the id of your wave resource.
Ensure that you have #included resource.h in both the resource file itself (the .rc file) and your source file which calls the function. (The .c/.cpp file)
You can use ResHack from http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/ to look inside your exe file and see if the resource has actually been included.
(Obviously, include the SND_ASYNC flag if you want asyncronous playback)
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