midiInPrepareHeader  1TYJUBL 

The midiInPrepareHeader function prepares a buffer for MIDI input.

MMRESULT midiInPrepareHeader(

    HMIDIIN hMidiIn,

 

    LPMIDIHDR lpMidiInHdr,

 

    UINT cbMidiInHdr

 

   );

 

 

Parameters

hMidiIn

Handle of the MIDI input device.

lpMidiInHdr

Address of a MIDIHDR8OW3.JO structure that identifies the buffer to be prepared.

cbMidiInHdr

Size, in bytes, of the MIDIHDR structure.

 

Return Values

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

MMSYSERR_INVALHANDLE

The specified device handle is invalid.

MMSYSERR_INVALPARAM

The specified address is invalid.

MMSYSERR_NOMEM

The system is unable to allocate or lock memory.

 

Remarks

Preparing a header that has already been prepared has no effect, and the function returns zero.

Before using this function, you must set the lpData, dwBufferLength, and dwFlags members of the MIDIHDR structure. The dwFlags member must be set to zero.

See Also

MIDIHDR