waveOutGetPosition

	Overview

	Group

	Quick Info

The waveOutGetPosition function retrieves the current playback position of the given waveform-audio output device.

MMRESULT waveOutGetPosition(

HWAVEOUT hwo,
LPMMTIME pmmt,
UINT cbmmt
);

Parameters
hwo

Handle of the waveform-audio output device.

pmmt

Address of an MMTIME structure.

cbmmt

Size, in bytes, of the MMTIME structure.

Return Values
Returns MMSYSERR_NOERROR if successful or an error otherwise. Possible error values include the following:

MMSYSERR_INVALHANDLE	Specified device handle is invalid.
MMSYSERR_NODRIVER	No device driver is present.
MMSYSERR_NOMEM	Unable to allocate or lock memory.

Remarks
Before calling this function, set the wType member of the MMTIME structure to indicate the time format you want. After calling this function, check wType to determine whether the time format is supported. If the format is not supported, wType will specify an alternative format.

The position is set to zero when the device is opened or reset.