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midiStreamOpen function (mmeapi.h)

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The midiStreamOpen function opens a MIDI stream for output. By default, the device is opened in paused mode. The stream handle retrieved by this function must be used in all subsequent references to the stream.

Syntax

MMRESULT midiStreamOpen(
  LPHMIDISTRM phms,
  LPUINT      puDeviceID,
  DWORD       cMidi,
  DWORD_PTR   dwCallback,
  DWORD_PTR   dwInstance,
  DWORD       fdwOpen
);

Parameters

phms

Pointer to a variable to contain the stream handle when the function returns.

puDeviceID

Pointer to a device identifier. The device is opened on behalf of the stream and closed again when the stream is closed.

cMidi

Reserved; must be 1.

dwCallback

Pointer to a callback function, an event handle, a thread identifier, or a handle of a window or thread called during MIDI playback to process messages related to the progress of the playback. If no callback mechanism is desired, specify NULL for this parameter.

dwInstance

Application-specific instance data that is returned to the application with every callback function.

fdwOpen

Callback flag for opening the device. One of the following callback flags must be specified.

Value Meaning
CALLBACK_EVENT The dwCallback parameter is an event handle. This callback mechanism is for output only.
CALLBACK_FUNCTION The dwCallback parameter is a callback procedure address. For the callback signature, see MidiOutProc.
CALLBACK_NULL There is no callback mechanism. This is the default setting.
CALLBACK_THREAD The dwCallback parameter is a thread identifier.
CALLBACK_WINDOW The dwCallback parameter is a window handle.

Return value

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

Return code Description
MMSYSERR_BADDEVICEID
 The specified device identifier is out of range.
MMSYSERR_INVALPARAM
 The given handle or flags parameter is invalid.
MMSYSERR_NOMEM
 The system is unable to allocate or lock memory.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header mmeapi.h (include Windows.h)
Library Winmm.lib
DLL Winmm.dll

See also

MIDI Functions