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Function name : mciGetDeviceID

Group: Windows Multimedia - Library: winmm

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Retrieves the device identifier corresponding to the name of an open device.

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Declaration:

MCIDEVICEID mciGetDeviceID(
	LPCTSTR lpszDevice
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER mciGetDeviceID IN winmm STRING lpszDevice  

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Parameters:

lpszDevice Pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the device name or the alias name by which the device is known.

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Return value:

Returns the device identifier assigned to the device when it was opened if successful. Otherwise the return value is zero.

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Comments:

The identifier is used in the mciSendCommand function.

See also: mciSendCommand, mciSendString

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