Binaryworld - GetMCIErrorString - Retrieving the description of a MCI error ... [ VB.net -> Multimedia ]

<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("winmm.dll")> Shared Function _
  mciGetErrorString(ByVal dwError As Integer, _
  ByVal lpstrBuffer As System.Text.StringBuilder, ByVal uLength As Integer) _
  As Integer
End Function

' Get the description of a MCI error.
'
' ErrorCode is the code of the error
' Return a string with the description of the error.

Function GetMCIErrorString(ByVal errorCode As Integer) As String
  Dim buffer As New System.Text.StringBuilder(256)
  mciGetErrorString(errorCode, buffer, buffer.Capacity)
  Return buffer.ToString()
End Function