From: curt@me.umn.edu (Curtis L. Olson) Subject: Re: mmsystem, portable Audio library 16 Jun 1998 21:16:43 -0700 Message-ID: <199806161518.KAA01749.cygnus.gnu-win32@kenai.me.umn.edu> References: <35865309.54876796@crocodial.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Cc: "\"John D. Rogers\" Benjamin Riefenstahl Tom Knienieder Steve Baker" Curt Olson wrote: > ... some stuff about not being able to run executables linked > against "mmsystem.dll" ... Benjamin Riefenstahl writes: > mmsystem.dll is a 16-bit component (NE executable). According to my docs > you need to link to winmm.dll for 32 bits. John D. Rogers writes: > I think not. The problem you're facing is that "mmsystem.dll" is a > 16-bit .DLL and can't be used from within a 32-bit application without > special effort on your part. > > The .DLL I think you want to be working with is "winmm.dll" which > resides in your "system32" subdirectory underneath your NT install > directory. This is a 32-bit .DLL intended for use with 32-bit apps. Thanks everyone for your help. This appears to have solved my problem. .... silly me ... thinking if I include "mmsystem.h" that I should link against "mmsystem.dll" ... oh well ... :-) Microsoft -- making computing safer, easier, and better for everyone. :-| Curt. -- Curtis Olson University of MN, ME Dept. curt@me.umn.edu http://www.menet.umn.edu/~curt Try Linux! - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".