mciSendCommand

The mciSendCommand function sends a command message to the specified MCI device.

MCIERROR mciSendCommand(

MCIDEVICEID IDDevice,
UINT uMsg,
DWORD fdwCommand,
DWORD dwParam
);

Parameters

IDDevice

Device identifier of the MCI device that is to receive the command message. This parameter is not used with the MCI_OPEN command message.

uMsg

Command message. For information about command messages, see Command Messages.

fdwCommand

Flags for the command message.

dwParam

Address of a structure that contains parameters for the command message.

Return Values

Returns zero if successful or an error otherwise. The low-order word of the returned doubleword value contains the error return value. If the error is device-specific, the high-order word of the return value is the driver identifier; otherwise, the high-order word is zero. For a list of possible return values, see Constants: MCIERR Return Values.

To retrieve a text description of mciSendCommand return values, pass the return value to the mciGetErrorString function.

Remarks

Error values that are returned when a device is being opened are listed with the MCI_OPEN command message. In addition to the MCI_OPEN error return values, this function can return the values listed in Constants: MCIERR Return Values.

Use MCI_OPEN to obtain the device identifier specified by the IDDevice parameter.

See Also

MCI_OPEN, mciGetErrorString

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