File help

[Cyb3rAssasin]

Hi I need help with a project im working on im wondering if there is a way to include a file in a program. Im making a prank program that hides in the background and plays a funny wav file. Is there a way to include the wav file in the .exe so i dont have to put 2 files on his system? here is the source to my program

#include <windows.h>
#include <mmsystem.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <winuser.h>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    system("color 0c");
    system("ftype");
    
    PlaySound("C:\\crash.wav",NULL,SND_FILENAME|SND_ASYNC);
    
    SetConsoleTitle("csrsss.exe");
    HWND window = FindWindow(NULL,"csrsss.exe");
    ShowWindow(window,SW_HIDE);
    
    getch();
    return 0;
}

[Ancient Dragon]

you don't have to do line 16 and 17. GetConsoleWindow() will return the HWND handle of the console program.

line 20: getch is not such a good idea in this program because there is no way for the program to terminate unless the user KNOWS that it is looking for keyboard input.

[Cyb3rAssasin]

Okay thanks that reduced the file size :) which means that it wont look as suspicious in the processes tab in the taskman but how do I include crash.wav file with the .exe so i dont need to put 2 files on his computer?

[Cyb3rAssasin]

Without getch(); it closes immediately and doesnt play the wave file. I need to keep the program open till the wave file stops playing.

[WaltP]

So use cin.get() after a prompt that states "Press RETURN to end"

[Ancient Dragon]

Or if you know how long it takes for the music to play then you sould just call Sleep() for that many milliseconds.

[Cyb3rAssasin]

K thanks. Any idea on how to include the wav file with the exe? If I put the wav file in the project can I call it by just doing PlaySound("crash.wav",NULL,SND_FILENAME|SND_ASYNC);?

[Salem]

The PlaySound function plays a sound specified by the given file name, resource, or system event.
So yes, it can play a resource, which may be embedded in the program.

From there you need to use (perhaps) the resource compiler to turn a file into a resource that can be linked to the program (don't ask me, IANAWP).

[Ancient Dragon]

More information here and here. You can also read through some of these google links.

[Cyb3rAssasin]

Sweet thanks!