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MCI functions

The MCI functions are as follows:


MCIBeginning	Positions at the beginning of a media file that was opened beforehand MCIOpen.
MCIClose	Closes a media file.
MCIEnd	Positions at the end of a media file that was opened beforehand MCIOpen.
MCIErr	Returns the number of the last error caused by a MCI function (Media Control Interface).
MCIExecute	Runs an MCI command (Media Control Interface).
MCIHeight	Returns the height (in pixels) of a media file used to display images.
MCIMsgErr	Returns the caption of the last error that occurred on a MCI function (Media Control Interface).
MCIOpen	Opens a media file.
MCIPause	Pauses playback of the media file previously opened (MCIOpen).
MCIPlay	Plays a media file.
MCIPosition	Returns or changes the current position in a media file previously opened (MCIOpen).
MCIPositionFormat	Fixes the format used to define the position in a media file (opened by MCIOpen).
MCIRetrieve	Returns the last result of the MCI command run by MCIExecute.
MCISize	Returns or changes the size of a media file previously opened (MCIOpen).
MCIStatus	Returns the status of a media file that was opened beforehand MCIOpen.
MCIStopPlaying	Stops the execution of a media file that was opened beforehand (MCIOpen).
MCITrack	Returns the current track of a media file previously opened (MCIOpen).
MCITrackCount	Returns the number of tracks found in a media file that was opened beforehand (MCIOpen).
MCIVolume	Modifies or returns the sound volume.
MCIWidth	Returns the width (in pixels) of a media file used to display images.
MCIWindowSize	Changes the size and position of the display window of a media file previously opened (MCIOpen).

Related Examples:

Unit examples (WINDEV): Play a sound

[ + ] Using sound from a WINDEV application:
- Play a sound
- Pause the sound
- Stopping the video
- Modify the volume

Unit examples (WINDEV): Play a video

[ + ] Playing a video from a WINDEV application:
- Load a video
- Playing a video
- Pause a video
- Stop a video

Unit examples (WINDEV): The MCI functions

[ + ] Using the WLanguage MCI functions.
These functions are used to record and play sounds.
The following topics are presented in this example:
1/ how to create and save a sound file with WINDEV
2/ how to read a sound file with WINDEV.

This example presents the features of a tape recorder.
It is used to record a sound in "wav" format and to play it back.
You can give the users the ability to record alert sound messages or reports (medicine, management,…).