midiConnect function

The midiConnect function connects a MIDI input device to a MIDI thru or output device, or connects a MIDI thru device to a MIDI output device.

Syntax

MMRESULT midiConnect(
   HMIDI    hMidi,
   HMIDIOUT hmo,
   LPVOID   pReserved
);

Parameters

  • hMidi
    Handle to a MIDI input device or a MIDI thru device. (For thru devices, this handle must have been returned by a call to the midiOutOpen function.)

  • hmo
    Handle to the MIDI output or thru device.

  • pReserved
    Reserved; must be NULL.

Return value

Returns MMSYSERR_NOERROR if successful or an error otherwise. Possible error values include the following.

Return code Description
MIDIERR_NOTREADY

Specified input device is already connected to an output device.

MMSYSERR_INVALHANDLE

Specified device handle is invalid.

 

Remarks

After calling this function, the MIDI input device receives event data in an MIM_DATA message whenever a message with the same event data is sent to the output device driver.

A thru driver is a special form of MIDI output driver. The system will allow only one MIDI output device to be connected to a MIDI input device, but multiple MIDI output devices can be connected to a MIDI thru device. Whenever the given MIDI input device receives event data in an MIM_DATA message, a message with the same event data is sent to the given output device driver (or through the thru driver to the output drivers).

Requirements

Minimum supported client

Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]

Minimum supported server

Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]

Header

Mmsystem.h (include Windows.h)

Library

Winmm.lib

DLL

Winmm.dll

See also

MIDI Functions