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MCIWnd Reference

[The feature associated with this page, MCIWnd Window Class, is a legacy feature. It has been superseded by MediaPlayer. MediaPlayer has been optimized for Windows 10 and Windows 11. Microsoft strongly recommends that new code use MediaPlayer instead of MCIWnd Window Class, when possible. Microsoft suggests that existing code that uses the legacy APIs be rewritten to use the new APIs if possible.]

This section describes the functions, messages, and macros associated with the MCIWnd window class. These elements are grouped as follows.

Window Management

• MCIWndChangeStyles
• MCIWndCreate
• MCIWndGetStyles
• MCIWndRegisterClass

File and Device Management

• MCIWndClose
• MCIWndDestroy
• MCIWndEject
• MCIWndNew
• MCIWndOpen
• MCIWndOpenDialog
• MCIWndSave
• MCIWndSaveDialog

Playback Options

• MCIWndGetRepeat
• MCIWndPlay
• MCIWndPlayFrom
• MCIWndPlayFromTo
• MCIWndPlayReverse
• MCIWndPlayTo
• MCIWndSetRepeat

Recording

• MCIWndRecord

Positioning

• MCIWndEnd
• MCIWndGetEnd
• MCIWndGetLength
• MCIWndGetPosition
• MCIWndGetPositionString
• MCIWndGetStart
• MCIWndHome
• MCIWndSeek
• MCIWndStep

Pause and Resume Playback

• MCIWndGetRepeat
• MCIWndPlay
• MCIWndPlayFrom
• MCIWndPlayFromTo
• MCIWndPlayReverse
• MCIWndPlayTo
• MCIWndSetRepeat

Performance Tuning

• MCIWndGetSpeed
• MCIWndGetVolume
• MCIWndGetZoom
• MCIWndSetSpeed
• MCIWndSetVolume
• MCIWndSetZoom

Image and Palette Adjustments

• MCIWndGetDest
• MCIWndGetPalette
• MCIWndGetSource
• MCIWndPutDest
• MCIWndPutSource
• MCIWndRealize
• MCIWndSetPalette

Event and Error Notification

• MCIWndGetError
• MCIWNDM_NOTIFYERROR
• MCIWNDM_NOTIFYMEDIA
• MCIWNDM_NOTIFYMODE
• MCIWNDM_NOTIFYPOS
• MCIWNDM_NOTIFYSIZE

Time Formats

• MCIWndGetTimeFormat
• MCIWndSetTimeFormat
• MCIWndUseFrames
• MCIWndUseTime
• MCIWndValidateMedia

Status Updates

• MCIWndGetActiveTimer
• MCIWndGetInactiveTimer
• MCIWndSetActiveTimer
• MCIWndSetInactiveTimer
• MCIWndSetTimers

Device Capabilities

• MCIWndCanConfig
• MCIWndCanEject
• MCIWndCanPlay
• MCIWndCanRecord
• MCIWndCanSave
• MCIWndCanWindow

MCI Device Settings

• MCIWndGetAlias
• MCIWndGetDevice
• MCIWndGetDeviceID
• MCIWndGetFileName
• MCIWndGetMode

MCI Command-String Interface

• MCIWndReturnString
• MCIWndSendString

Related topics

MCIWnd Window Class