Chapter 1 Introduction

This manual provides reference information for the application programming interface (API) of MicrosoftÒ Multimedia Extensions 1.0. The Multimedia extensions work with Microsoft WindowsÔ to provide an operating environment for multimedia personal computers.

The Multimedia extensions API includes functions, messages, data structures, data types, and file formats you can use along with the Windows 3.0 API to create Windows with Multimedia applications. For information on the Windows 3.0 API, see the Microsoft Windows Programmer's Reference, Volume 1 and Volume 2 provided with the Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit.