midiOutOpen

The midiOutOpen function opens a MIDI output device for playback.

UINT midiOutOpen(
  LPHMIDIOUT lphmo,          
  UINT uDeviceID,            
  DWORD dwCallback,          
  DWORD dwCallbackInstance,  
  DWORD dwFlags              
);

Parameters

lphmo
Address of an HMIDIOUT handle. This location is filled with a handle identifying the opened MIDI output device. The handle is used to identify the device in calls to other MIDI output functions.
uDeviceID
Identifier of the MIDI output device that is to be opened.
dwCallback
Address of a callback function, an event handle, a thread identifier, or a handle of a window or thread called during MIDI playback to process messages related to the progress of the playback. If no callback is desired, specify NULL for this parameter. For more information on the callback function, see MidiOutProc.
dwCallbackInstance
User instance data passed to the callback. This parameter is not used with window callbacks or threads.
dwFlags
Callback flag for opening the device. It can be the following values:
CALLBACK_EVENT
The dwCallback parameter is an event handle. This callback mechanism is for output only.
CALLBACK_FUNCTION
The dwCallback parameter is a callback function address.
CALLBACK_NULL
There is no callback mechanism. This value is the default setting.
CALLBACK_THREAD
The dwCallback parameter is a thread identifier.
CALLBACK_WINDOW
The dwCallback parameter is a window handle.

Return Values

Returns MMSYSERR_NOERROR if successful or an error otherwise. Possible error values include the following:

Value Description
MIDIERR_NODEVICE No MIDI port was found. This error occurs only when the mapper is opened.
MMSYSERR_ALLOCATED The specified resource is already allocated.
MMSYSERR_BADDEVICEID The specified device identifier is out of range.
MMSYSERR_INVALPARAM The specified pointer or structure is invalid.
MMSYSERR_NOMEM The system is unable to allocate or lock memory.

Remarks

To determine the number of MIDI output devices present in the system, use the midiOutGetNumDevs function. The device identifier specified by wDeviceID varies from zero to one less than the number of devices present. MIDI_MAPPER can also be used as the device identifier.

If a window or thread is chosen to receive callback information, the following messages are sent to the window procedure or thread to indicate the progress of MIDI output: MM_MOM_OPEN, MM_MOM_CLOSE, and MM_MOM_DONE.

If a function is chosen to receive callback information, the following messages are sent to the function to indicate the progress of MIDI output: MOM_OPEN, MOM_CLOSE, and MOM_DONE.

QuickInfo

  Windows NT: Requires version 3.1 or later.
  Windows: Requires Windows 95 or later.
  Windows CE: Unsupported.
  Header: Declared in mmsystem.h.
  Import Library: Use winmm.lib.

See Also

Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) Overview, MIDI Functions, midiOutGetNumDevs, MidiOutProc, MM_MOM_OPEN, MM_MOM_CLOSE, MM_MOM_DONE