Author : Alan C. Moore
Publisher : Wordware Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,6 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Delphi (Computer file)
ISBN : 9781556226663
Book Description
The "Tomes of Delphi: Win32 Multimedia API" provides a comprehensive reference for using Windows multimedia API functions to incorporate audio in Delphi applications. Author Alan C. Moore begins with two chapters on the role of audio in the Windows environment and building a multimedia database application. He then covers in depth the various Win32 multimedia/audio APIs and their functions, including: the Wave APIthe MIDI APIthe Mixer APIthe MCI APIEach function entry contains the syntax, a description of what the function does, a list and description of parameters, acceptable constant values, return values, and an example of its use in Delphi's Object Pascal. Additional examples demonstrate several functions and their relationships. The companion CD includes all of the code from the book, audio freeware components showing more examples of using the multimedia APIs, and a 60-day trial version of Delphi 5 Enterprise edition. Alan C. Moore, Ph.D., is a professor of music at Kentucky State University where he teaches music theory and composition. He has also been programming with Borland languages since the 1980s, and is a contributing editor of Delphi Informant, for which he writes the File]New column. He specializes in writing educational software and multimedia tools and components in Delphi.