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Using mciSendString with spaces

i am trying to play a sound file with spaces in its name

example: "my File.wav"

So sending files like this:

mciSendString("play C:\\myFile.wav",0,0,0);

will work just fine. but:

mciSendString("play C:\\my File.wav",0,0,0);

will fail.

is there any solution to this problem?

Solution

  • On Windows, paths containing white characters must be wrapped with quotation marks. So instead of:

    mciSendString("play C:\\my File.wav", 0, 0, 0);

    write this:

    mciSendString("play \"C:\\my File.wav\"", 0, 0, 0);

    That should work.