Re: [Bug-gnubg] Missing sound file hangs gnubg on Windows

[Petr Kadlec]

Hi!

At 10:19 01.04.2004 +0100, you wrote:
> I can't reproduce the problem here (by trying to play a sound which isn't 
> present whilst another sound is playing), I'm using windows xp - it could 
> be that different versions of windows act differently.

It could be so... I experienced it under W98SE and I have tested it under 
W2k, with similar results, I have not tested XP.

> I'll add some error messages if a sound file is missing or fails to play 
> (along the lines of your patch) - thanks.

While I tried it today, I have found an even bigger problem: When the 
computer does not have any audio capabilities, both W98 and W2k seem to 
return FALSE to PlaySound, but WITHOUT setting the last error to a nonzero 
value. So gnubg hangs and my patch does not solve that problem.
As you probably have your computer equipped with a soundcard, you can test 
this by disabling the soundcard in the device manager.

(Tested with build 040329 on W98SE, gnubg freezes while displaying "Doing 
nothing in particular" in the splashscreen and I have to kill it via 
Ctrl+Alt+Del.)

Petr

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