Using mciSendString with spaces

Question

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?

On Windows, wrap paths containing spaces with quotation marks: `mciSendString("play \"C:\\my File.wav\"",0,0,0);`. — Mateusz Grzejek, May 02 '15 at 21:38
Posted this as an answer, as I didn't have time to do this yesterday. I am glad it worked. — Mateusz Grzejek, May 03 '15 at 12:36

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 03 '15 at 12:35

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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.

answered May 03 '15 at 12:35

Mateusz Grzejek

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