How would one go about combining these two programs into one that can...

[jasonwynn10]

How would one go about combining these two programs into one that can open the .wav file in windows media player b entering the selected file's name?

Program 1:

#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
string file;
    cin >> file;
    stringstream str;
    str<<"/C://Users//My/Desktop//C++//"<<file<<".wav/";
    string filepath=str.str();
    cout<<filepath;
    ifstream ipf("/C://Users/My//Desktop//C++//.wav/");
    if(ipf)
{cout << "hi";}




}

Program 2:

#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN // prevent windows.h from including "kitchen sink"

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

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    std::string file;
    
    std::cout << "Please enter your files name\nEX:LOOKING LIKE THIS.wav";
    std::cin >> file;
    
    argv[0] = "\C:\\Documents and Settings\\Jason\\My Documents\\Jason\My Music\\" << file << ".wav\""; 
//why are you changing the first argument (path to current file)
    LPCSTR Application = "C:\\Program Files\\Windows Media Player\\wmplayer.exe";

    // Media file extension must be provided
   // Paths are quoted

    char Command[1024] = "\"C:\\Program Files\\Windows Media Player\\wmplayer.exe\""
    "\"C:\\Documents and Settings\\Jason\\My Documents\\Jason\My Music << file << ".wav\"";

    //Above this is what needs input.
    STARTUPINFOA si = {0}; // zero struct
    si.cb = sizeof(si);
    PROCESS_INFORMATION pi = {0}; // zero struct
    if(CreateProcessA(Application, Command, NULL, NULL, FALSE, NULL, 0, NULL, &si, &pi))
    {
        std::cout << "Song playing\n";
        WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess, INFINITE);
        DWORD exitCode = 0;
        GetExitCodeProcess(pi.hProcess, &exitCode);
        CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
        CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
    }
    else
    {
        DWORD errCode = GetLastError();
        std::cerr << "song playing failed\nError code: " << errCode << "\n";
    }
}

Plz help!

[dhayden]

I'm not a windows guy, but this looks suspicious to me:

char Command[1024] = "\"C:\\Program Files\\Windows Media Player\\wmplayer.exe\""
"\"C:\Documents and Settings\Jason\My Documents\Jason\My Music\\LOOKING LIKE THIS.wav\"";

This actually creates one long string whose contents are

"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe""C:Documents and SettingsJasonMy DocumentsJasonMy Music\LOOKING LIKE THIS.wav"

- In C++ two back-to-back string literals like "hello " "world" are the same as "hello world"
- You have single backslashes near the end. E.g. "C:\Documents" is the same as "C:Documents"
- You probably don't want the string to contain quotes in the first place. Those are usually present so a command line parser (like cmd.exe) knows that a single argument contains spaces. What actually gets passed to the program is probably the unquoted string.

[jasonwynn10]

that already opens the file in windows media player but I cannot enter the file's directory I want.
I have turned it into this:

#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN // prevent windows.h from including "kitchen sink"
#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int main( int argc, char **argv )
{
    string file;
    
    cout << "Please enter your files name\nEX:LOOKING LIKE THIS.wav";
    cin >> file;
    
argv[0]="\C:\\Documents and Settings\\Jason\\My Documents\\Jason\My Music\\"<<file<<".wav\"";

LPCSTR Application = "C:\\Program Files\\Windows Media Player\\wmplayer.exe";
// Media file extension must be provided
// Paths are quoted
char Command[1024] = "\"C:\\Program Files\\Windows Media Player\\wmplayer.exe\""
"\"C:\\Documents and Settings\\Jason\\My Documents\\Jason\My Music\\"<<file<<".wav\"";
//Above this is what needs input.
STARTUPINFOA si = {0}; // zero struct
si.cb = sizeof(si);
PROCESS_INFORMATION pi = {0}; // zero struct
if( CreateProcessA(
Application,
Command,
NULL,
NULL,
FALSE,
NULL,
0,
NULL,
&si,
&pi) )
{cout << "Song playing\n";
WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess, INFINITE);
DWORD exitCode = 0;
GetExitCodeProcess(pi.hProcess, &exitCode);
CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);}else
{DWORD errCode = GetLastError();
cerr << "song playing failed\nError code: " << errCode << "\n";}}

I think this will work but I haven't tested it

[giblit]

I think this will work but I haven't tested it

You should probably test it before asking for help it might or might not work :P

Also, I don't mean to be rude or anything but your indentation makes me want to carve my eyes out. Isn't this easier to read?

#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN // prevent windows.h from including "kitchen sink"

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

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    std::string file;
    
    std::cout << "Please enter your files name\nEX:LOOKING LIKE THIS.wav";
    std::cin >> file;
    
    argv[0] = "\C:\\Documents and Settings\\Jason\\My Documents\\Jason\My Music\\" << file << ".wav\""; //why are you changing the first argument (path to current file)

    LPCSTR Application = "C:\\Program Files\\Windows Media Player\\wmplayer.exe";

    // Media file extension must be provided
   // Paths are quoted

    char Command[1024] = "\"C:\\Program Files\\Windows Media Player\\wmplayer.exe\""
    "\"C:\\Documents and Settings\\Jason\\My Documents\\Jason\My Music << file << ".wav\"";

    //Above this is what needs input.
    STARTUPINFOA si = {0}; // zero struct
    si.cb = sizeof(si);
    PROCESS_INFORMATION pi = {0}; // zero struct
    if(CreateProcessA(Application, Command, NULL, NULL, FALSE, NULL, 0, NULL, &si, &pi))
    {
        std::cout << "Song playing\n";
        WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess, INFINITE);
        DWORD exitCode = 0;
        GetExitCodeProcess(pi.hProcess, &exitCode);
        CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
        CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
    }
    else
    {
        DWORD errCode = GetLastError();
        std::cerr << "song playing failed\nError code: " << errCode << "\n";
    }
}

[jasonwynn10]

yea... I got that program off of a friend with a bad habit of not indenting. You see how mine is indented.

[jasonwynn10]

The string "file" is supposed to be the file name.