Tomes of Delphi: Win32 Multimedia API

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 API
• the MIDI API
• the Mixer API
• the MCI API

Each 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 5.0 Enterprise edition.

• This book:
• Discusses all of the Win32 multimedia APIs.
• Contains dozens of examples demonstrating a practical use for every function discussed.
• Introduces auxiliary services that provide access to devices such as CD-ROMs.
• Covers support services for timing devices and joysticks to schedule timer events with great precision and provide an alternative to using the keyboard or mouse.
• Explains the file I/O services that provide functionality specific to the Windows multimedia system.

• On the CD:
• Source code from the book
• 60-day trial version of Delphi 5.0 Enterprise edition
• A collection of audio freeware components and applications further demonstrating the use of the multimedia APIs

Contents

1. The anatomy of Multimedia
2. Building a multimedia application
3. The wave API
4. The MIDI API
5. The auxiliary API
6. Multimedia mixers
7. Timers and joysticks
8. Multimedia input and output support
9. The media control interface API

• A primer on Delphi experts
• Other sources of information
• A glossary of audio and multimedia terms