Detecting Multimedia Extensions and Drivers

ID: Q81872

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.0

SUMMARY

Nommdll.exe is a file in the Microsoft Software Library that demonstrates how to determine whether the Multimedia Extensions to Microsoft Windows and its associated drivers are installed. NOMMDLL has two parts: the PLAYWAV application and the PLYSND dynamic-link library (DLL).

PLAYWAV indicates that the Multimedia Extensions are installed when its Sound menu option is available. When this menu item is grayed or unavailable, the Extensions are not installed. By default, PLAYWAV also determines if the sound driver is loaded. You can modify the code to look for other drivers if desired.

An application can use the PLYSND DLL to play sounds. The functions in PLYSND are useful to control the Media Control Interface (MCI).

MORE INFORMATION

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. Click the file names below to download the files:

Nommdll.exe

For more information about how to download files from the Microsoft Download Center, please visit the Download Center at the following Web address

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp

and then click How to use the Microsoft Download Center.

NOTE: NOMMDLL uses the LASER.WAV file distributed with the Multimedia Extensions. To use NOMMDLL, verify that the MMDATA directory is listed in the MS-DOS PATH environment variable, or copy the LASER.WAV file into the same directory as NOMMDLL.EXE.

Additional query words: softlib NOMMDLL.EXE

Keywords : kbfile kbmm kbsample kb16bitonly MMMisc kbWinOS300
Version : WINDOWS:3.0
Platform : WINDOWS
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