Methods > Players and stream mixers > GetFormattedSoundFileDuration method

Remarks

Returns a formatted string, containing the duration of the given sound file, using the following format [hh:mm:ss:ms(3)] in which hh is for hours, mm is for minutes, ss is for seconds and ms(3) are three characters representing the milliseconds. For example [04:34:200] indicates a song during 0 hours (the hours number is automatically omitted if 0), 4 minutes, 34 seconds and 200 milliseconds.

Accepted formats are the same of the LoadSound method.

Syntax

[Visual Basic]

control.GetFormattedSoundFileDuration (

strPathame as String

) as Long

[C++]

long control.GetFormattedSoundFileDuration (

LPCTSTR strPathame

);

Parameter	Description

strPathname	String containing the absolute pathname of the song file to check.

Return value

Value	Meaning

Empty string	An error occurred (see the LastError property for further error details)
Valid string	The formatted song duration