API -> mmioOpen [ Library : winmm.dll, Category : Aux Output Device ] [C#, VB, VB.net]

mmioOpen

Library : winmm.dll Category : Aux Output Device

Api Example(s)
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API Description :

The mmioOpen function opens a file for unbuffered or buffered I/O. The file can be a standard file, a memory file, or an element of a custom storage system. The handle returned by mmioOpen is not a standard file handle; do not use it with any file I/O fun

VB Declaration :

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Declare Function mmioOpen Lib "winmm" Alias "mmioOpenA" (ByVaL szFileName As String, lpmmioinfo As MMIOINFO, ByVaL dwOpenFlags As Long) As Long

Parameters :

· szFilename
Address of a string containing the filename of the file to open. If no I/O procedure is specified to open the file, the filename determines how the file is opened, as follows:
 ·  If the filename does not contain a plus sign (+), it is assu

Return :

Returns a handle of the opened file. If the file cannot be opened, the return value is NULL. If lpmmioinfo is not NULL, the wErrorRet member of the MMIOINFO structure will contain one of the following error values:
MMIOERR_ACCESSDENIED 
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OS Requirement :

Requires Windows NT 3.1 or later
Requires Windows 95 or later

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