Loading an Object from a Resource

Objects stored as resources or at some other location in memory are loaded in much the same way as file objects. See Loading an Object from a File.

The following methods each take a module name and resource identifier as parameters and return an instance of the appropriate class:

• DirectMusicLoader8.LoadBandFromResource
• DirectMusicLoader8.LoadChordMapFromResource
• DirectMusicLoader8.LoadCollectionFromResource
• DirectMusicLoader8.LoadSegmentFromResource
• DirectMusicLoader8.LoadStyleFromResource

The following resource types are recognized by the loader:

Objects referenced by other objects must be loaded first. For example, if you load a segment that contains a reference to a style, the style must be loaded first in order for the segment to play correctly.

The following code example, where loader is a DirectMusicLoader8 object and perf is a DirectMusicPerformance8 object, loads and plays a MIDI file stored as a DMSEG resource in the executable:

Dim seg As DirectMusicSegment8
Set seg = loader.LoadSegmentFromResource("listen.exe", "CANYON.MID")
Call seg.Download(perf)
Call perf.PlaySegmentEx(SEG, 0, 0)