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mmioSetBuffer function (mmiscapi.h)

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The mmioSetBuffer function enables or disables buffered I/O, or changes the buffer or buffer size for a file opened by using the mmioOpen function.

Syntax

MMRESULT mmioSetBuffer(
  HMMIO hmmio,
  LPSTR pchBuffer,
  LONG  cchBuffer,
  UINT  fuBuffer
);

Parameters

hmmio

File handle of the file.

pchBuffer

Pointer to an application-defined buffer to use for buffered I/O. If this parameter is NULL, mmioSetBuffer allocates an internal buffer for buffered I/O.

cchBuffer

Size, in characters, of the application-defined buffer, or the size of the buffer for mmioSetBuffer to allocate.

fuBuffer

Reserved; must be zero.

Return value

Returns zero if successful or an error otherwise. If an error occurs, the file handle remains valid. The following values are defined.

Return code Description
MMIOERR_CANNOTWRITE
 The contents of the old buffer could not be written to disk, so the operation was aborted.
MMIOERR_OUTOFMEMORY
 The new buffer could not be allocated, probably due to a lack of available memory.

Remarks

To enable buffering using an internal buffer, set pchBuffer to NULL and cchBuffer to the desired buffer size.

To supply your own buffer, set pchBuffer to point to the buffer, and set cchBuffer to the size of the buffer.

To disable buffered I/O, set pchBuffer to NULL and cchBuffer to zero.

If buffered I/O is already enabled using an internal buffer, you can reallocate the buffer to a different size by setting pchBuffer to NULL and cchBuffer to the new buffer size. The contents of the buffer can be changed after resizing.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header mmiscapi.h (include Mmiscapi.h, Windows.h)
Library Winmm.lib
DLL Winmm.dll