notes database.
it also contains a function which calculates the CD key, which is needed to
access information from the CDDB databases on the Internet.
'mciLib:
Option Public
Dim RetInt As Long
Dim RetLength As Long
Dim RetHandle As Long
Dim RetString As String
Dim cdSecs As String
Type TOC
min As Long
sec As Long
frame As Long
End Type
Dim cdTOC () As TOC
Declare Function mciSendStringA Lib "winmm.dll" (Byval CMD$, Byval Ret$, Byval
RETLEN&, Byval HwndBack&) As Long
Function CDEject As Long
CDEject = mciSendStringA ("set cdaudio door open", "", 0, 0)
End Function
Function CDStop As Long
RetInt = mciSendStringA ("stop cdaudio", RetString, 63, 0)
CDStop = mciSendStringA ("close cdaudio", RetString, 63, 0)
End Function
Function CDPlay As Long
CDPlay = mciSendStringA ("play cdaudio", RetString, 63, 0)
End Function
Function CDClose As Long
CDClose = mciSendStringA ("set cdaudio door close", RetString, 63, 0)
End Function
Function CDSetTimeFormat (Form%) As Long
Select Case (Form% )
Case 1 : F$ = "ms"
Case 2 : F$ = "msf"
Case 3 : F$ = "tmsf"
End Select
mciString$ = "set cdaudio time format " & F$
CDSetTimeFormat = mciSendStringA ( mciString$, RetString, 63, 0)
End Function
Function CDNumOfTracks As Integer
RetString = Space (63)
RetInt = mciSendStringA ("status cdaudio number of tracks", RetString, 63,
0)
CDNumOfTracks = Val (Retstring)
End Function
Function CDCurrentTrack As Long
RetInt = mciSendStringA ("status cdaudio current track", RetString, 63, 0)
CDCurrentTrack = Val (RetString)
End Function
Function CDTrackLen (Track%) As String
mciString$ = "status cdaudio length track " & Str (Track%)
RetInt = mciSendStringA (mciString$, RetString, 10, 0)
CDTrackLen = Retstring
End Function
Function CDLength As String
RetString = Space (63)
RetInt = mciSendStringA ("status cdaudio length ", RetString, 63, 0)
CDLength = Retstring
End Function
Function CDTrackPos (Track%) As String
mciString$ = "status cdaudio position track " & Str (Track%)
RetInt = mciSendStringA (mciString$, RetString, 10, 0)
CDTrackPos = Trim$ (Retstring)
End Function
Function CDMode As String
RetString = Space (63)
RetInt = mciSendStringA ("status cdaudio mode", RetString, 63, 0)
CDMode = RetString
End Function
Function CDIsReady As Integer
RetString = Space (63)
CDIsReady = False
RetInt = mciSendStringA ("status cdaudio ready", RetString, 63, 0)
If Retstring = "true" Then
CDIsReady = True
End If
End Function
Function CDPause As Long
CDPause = mciSendStringA ("pause cdaudio", RetString, 63, 0)
End Function
Function CDSeekTo (Track%) As Long
mciString$ = "seek cdaudio to " & Str (Track%)
CDSeekTo = mciSendStringA (mciString$, RetString, 10, 0)
End Function
Function CDToStart As Long
CDToStart = mciSendStringA ("seek cdaudio to start", RetString, 63, 0)
End Function
Function CDToEnd As Long
CDToPlay = mciSendStringA ("seek cdaudio to end", RetString, 63, 0)
End Function
Function CDPlayFrom (Track%) As Long
mciString$ = "play cdaudio from " & Str (Track%)
CDPlayFrom = mciSendStringA (mciString$, RetString, 63, 0)
End Function
Function CDPlayFromTo (Track1%, Track2%) As Long
mciString$ = "play cdaudio from " & Str (Track1%) & " to " & Str(Track2%)
CDPlayFromTo = mciSendStringA (mciString$, RetString, 63, 0)
End Function
Function CDPrevTrack As Long
ret% = CDSetTimeFormat (3)
total% = CDNumOfTracks
current% = CDCurrentTrack
prev% = current% - 1
If CDIsPlaying Then
If prev% > 0 Then
CDPrevTrack = CDPlayFrom (prev%)
Else
CDPrevTrack = CDPlayFrom (total%)
End If
Else
If prev% > 0 Then
CDPrevTrack = CD
This was first published in November 2000