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Ahhh... now that makes sense... thanks!<br />

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I am trying to use the MCI functions of the API. At first I tried just putting in:<br />
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mciSendString(&quot;Some Silly Command&quot;, NULL, NULL, NULL);<br />
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To whicb the compiler whined &quot;error C2065: 'mciSendString' : undeclared identifier&quot;. I figured the obvious thing to do was add an include statement:<br />
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#include &lt;mmsystem.h&gt;<br />
...<br />
mciSendString(&quot;Some Silly Command&quot;, NULL, NULL, NULL);<br />
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To which the linker replied &quot;unresolved external symbol __imp__mciSendStringA@16&quot;.<wbr /> Now I'm stumped - what do I have to do to use these commands?<br />

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I am trying to use the MCI functions of the API. At first I tried just putting in:

mciSendString("Some Silly Command", NULL, NULL, NULL);

To whicb the compiler whined "error C2065: 'mciSendString' : undeclared identifier". I figured the obvious thing to do was add an include statement:

#include <mmsystem.h>
...
mciSendString("Some Silly Command", NULL, NULL, NULL);

To which the linker replied "unresolved external symbol __imp__mciSendStringA@16". Now I'm stumped - what do I have to do to use these commands?


Cannot use mciSendString in Visual C++ 5.0

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