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"unexpected end of file while looking for precompiled header directive"

for the file that got the error:

Project->Settings->select file on left->C/C++ tab->Category->Precompiled Headers->Not using precompiled headers

Problem:

When building a DirectX program you get the following error:

    program.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _IID_IDirectDraw4 

    program.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _DirectDrawCreate@12 

Solution (from a post by Simon):

• Go to the Project->Settings... menu
• select the Link tab, with General in Category
• Where it says Object/Library modules, (things like kernel32.lib etc), add ddraw.lib and dxguid.lib
• The first .lib tells the linker where to find DirectDraw functions
• The second .lib tells the linker what IID_IDirectDrawXXXX etc means

Play a sound:

#include "mmsystem.h"
add library: winmm.lib

From a file:

PlaySound("d:\dmb\tmp\bounce.wav",NULL,SND_FILENAME);

From the system sounds:

PlaySound("SystemStart",NULL, SND_ALIAS|SND_ASYNC|SND_NOSTOP);

For a list of other system sounds see registry entry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USERAppEventsEventLabels (SystemStart,SystemExit, etc)