stop

The stop command stops playback or recording. CD audio, digital-video, MIDI sequencer, videodisc, VCR, and waveform-audio devices recognize this command.

wsprintf(lpstrCommand, "stop %s %s %s", lpszDeviceID, lpszStopFlags, 
    lpszFlags); 
 

Parameters

lpszDeviceID

Identifier of an MCI device. This identifier or alias is assigned when the device is opened.

lpszStopFlags

For digital-video devices, it can be the following flag:

hold	Prevents the release of resources required to redraw a still image on the screen. The frame buffer remains available for use in updating the display when, for example, the window is moved.

lpszFlags

Can be "wait", "notify", or both. For digital-video and VCR devices, "test" can also be specified. For more information about these flags, see The Wait, Notify, and Test Flags.

Return Values

Returns zero if successful or an error otherwise.

Remarks

For CD audio devices, the stop command stops playback and resets the current track position to zero.

The following command stops playback or recording on the "mysound" device:

stop mysound
 

QuickInfo

  Windows NT: Requires version 3.1 or later.
  Windows: Requires Windows 95 or later.
  Windows CE: Unsupported.

See Also

MCI Overview, MCI Command Strings