How to play sound when the program ends

[ZivHirsch]

How can I play sound when the program ends? I am using Windows 7.

Thank you :)

[Dy7SLyTq]

#include <cstdlib>

atexit(YourFunction); //put this in the beginning of main()

void YourFunction()
{
//play sounds
}

[Tertius Kgatla]

Try this thread

http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/general/8510/

[ZivHirsch]

I need it just to play a quick sound. I dont need it to play a sound file.
and when I am trying to do that
"PlaySound("C:\\SOUNDS\\BELLS.WAV", NULL, SND_ASYNC);" function I have an error : undefined reference to `PlaySoundA@12'

[Snaksa]

If you want a simple 'beep' sound try this:
cout << '\a';

[Dy7SLyTq]

@op: did you #include <windows.h>?

[ZivHirsch]

DTSCode: Yes

Snaksa: It doesn't make any sound...

[Dy7SLyTq]

new question... and maybe we should have asked this earlier... you are on a windows platform correct?

[ZivHirsch]

What do u mean by "windows platform"?

[Dy7SLyTq]

the windows operating system

[whitenite1]

@ZivHirsch

Try this small program, to see how to get a wav file to play. This worked for me using C++ Visual Express 2012.

// PlaySound.cpp : main project file.

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

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

int main()
{
    std::wstring soundfile(L"C:\\Temp\\Flash Drive\\HelloCommander.wav");
// Change 'C:\\Temp\\Flash Drive\\HelloCommander.wav' above, to the name and location of your wav file
	PlaySound(soundfile.c_str(), NULL, SND_ASYNC);
	Sleep(2500);
	
	std::cout << "Press any key to close program.." << std::endl;
    getchar();
    return 0;
}

[ZivHirsch]

DTSCode: I am using Windows 7

whitenite1: I can't run it...
error: cannot convert 'const wchar_t*' to 'const CHAR*' for argument '1' to 'BOOL PlaySoundA(const CHAR*, HINSTANCE__*, DWORD)'

I am using Code::Blocks 10.5

[Dy7SLyTq]

ah theres your error. you need to use a wchar_t instead of a char

[naraku9333]

DTSCode wrote:

ah theres your error. you need to use a wchar_t instead of a char

No soundfile needs to be a std::string and not a std::wstring.

[Dy7SLyTq]

sorry i got the error reversed. my mistake.

[Tertius Kgatla]

A quick sound ? Since the thread is not yet closed if you ever happen to get here again. try

cout << "\7" << endl;