midiOutShortMsg

	MMRESULT midiOutShortMsg(hMidiOut, dwMsg)
	HMIDIOUT hMidiOut;
	DWORD dwMsg;

The midiOutShortMsg function sends a short MIDI message to the specified MIDI output device. Use this function to send any MIDI message except for system-exclusive messages.

Parameters

hMidiOut

Specifies a handle to the MIDI output device.

dwMsg

Specifies the MIDI message. The message is packed into a DWORD with the first byte of the message in the low-order byte.

Return Value

Returns zero if the function was successful. Otherwise, it returns an error number. Possible error returns are:

Value

Meaning

MMSYSERR_INVALHANDLE	Specified device handle is invalid.
MIDIERR_NOTREADY	The hardware is busy with other data.

Comments

This function may not return until the message has been sent to the output device.