Guidelines for Returning Information

Use the following guidelines for returning information when developing a new driver:

• Implement the MCI_GETDEVCAPS, MCI_INFO, and MCI_STATUS commands as they are described in the Win32 SDK. Be consistent with the implementations already provided with existing drivers.

• Remember that the MCI_GETDEVCAPS and MCI_STATUS commands return integer values, while MCI_INFO returns string values.

• Place strings requiring language translation in resource files. Return their resource identifiers as integer values, using MCI_GETDEVCAPS, MCI_STATUS, or a customized extended command. The strings returned by MCI_INFO contain information that does not require foreign language translation, such as file and path names, or media identifier strings.