This topic pertains only to DirectX for Visual Basic. See DirectMusic C/C++ Tutorials.

To load a MIDI file, you need three things:

• The DirectMusicLoader object created in the previous step.
• A DirectMusicSegment variable.
• The name of the MIDI file.

If your music files are not in the working directory of the application, call DirectMusicLoader.SetSearchDirectory so that the loader knows where to look, or provide a full path for each file.

The following code sets the search directory for the loader and loads a file from that directory.

Call gObjDMLoader.SetSearchDirectory("c:\midiplay\media")
' This needs to be done only once.
 
Dim objSeg As DirectMusicSegment

' FileName is a string containing the short name of the file
Set objSeg = gObjDMLoader.LoadSegment(FileName)

Next: Step 3: Play the MIDI File