BPCVBIControl.VBIStatus

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

The VBIStatus method returns information about the channel and tuning space to which the tuner is currently tunes. It also returns the VBI signal strength.

Syntax

object.VBIStatus(lPriority, lTuningSpace, lChannel, lVideoSubchannel, lAudioSubchannel, lSignalStrength)
 

Parameters

object

Object expression that resolves to a BPCVBIControl object.

lPriority

Reserved. This parameter always receives 0.

lTuningSpace

Long that receives the tuning space.

lChannel

Long that receives the channel number.

lVideoSubchannel

Long that receives the video subchannel.

lAudioSubchannel

Long that receives the audio subchannel.

lSignalStrength

Long that receives the strength of the specified channel.

QuickInfo

  Windows NT: Unsupported.
  Windows: Requires Windows 98.
  Windows CE: Unsupported.
  Header: Declared in vidsvr.odl.
  Import Library: Included as a resource in vid.ocx.
  Unicode: Yes.

See Also

BPCVBIControl.VBITune, Tuning to Receive VBI Data

Examples

The following example receives tuning information about the channel that the television tuner is currently using to receive VBI data.

Dim vbictrl As BPCVBIControl
Set vbictrl = New BPCVBIControl
 
'Declare variables to receive the information
Dim priority As Long
Dim tuningsp As Long
Dim channel As Long
Dim vidsubchl As Long
Dim audsubchl As Long
 
'Retrieve the current VBI tuning information
vbictrl.VBIStatus priority, tuningsp, channel, vidsubchl, audsubchl