Music in C++

[GbX36Up4]

Well I am wanting to play BAKCGROUND music in C++. The way I tried it, it opens a windows media player window and plays it from that. Is there any way to play background music without any windows opening and no libraries to install?

[Duthomhas]

You need the PlaySound function.
http://www.google.com/search?btnI=1&q=msdn+PlaySound

BTW, that only works on Windows. If you plan to make your program cross-platform, you will need to look into a sound library, like OpenAL.
http://connect.creativelabs.com/openal/

Good luck!