how do I use "\a" without showing the output screen?

[anu07]

I was going through my computer book,and I saw that "\a" can be used to emit a sound in c++,and I tried it as well,but my question is,is it possible to do the same without showing the standard output screen......??

[Ancient Dragon]

You can hide the console window if you want to. In MS-Windows you have to use win32 api functions to do it.

#include <windows.h>

int main()
{
   HWND hWnd = GetConsoleWindow();
   ShowWindow(hWnd,SW_HIDE);
}

[anu07]

and umm I am using borland cpp 4.5 for compiling......so like anything tht might be compatible with it? :?