embedding sound in executable in C++

Question

how can I store sound in my executable file? Let's pretend I have function x to play sound located in C:\sounds, how can I store sound.wav inside of executable? do I have to read it byte by byte and hardcode it in some variable, then create file and play it when user executes my file?

Answer 1

I would advice hardcoding the contents of the .wav in some variable and then play it's contents using 'sndPlaySound' with 'SND_MEMORY' option as in this example supplied by Microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/133064