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SetVolume – Set the master volume level

SetVolume – Set the master volume level

Const MMSYSERR_NOERROR = 0Const MAXPNAMELEN = 32Const MIXER_LONG_NAME_CHARS = 64Const MIXER_SHORT_NAME_CHARS = 16Const MIXER_GETLINEINFOF_COMPONENTTYPE = &H3&Const MIXER_GETLINECONTROLSF_ONEBYTYPE = &H2&Const MIXER_SETCONTROLDETAILSF_VALUE = &H0&Const MIXERLINE_COMPONENTTYPE_DST_FIRST = &H0&Const MIXERLINE_COMPONENTTYPE_DST_SPEAKERS = &H4Const MIXERCONTROL_CONTROLTYPE_VOLUME = &H50030001Private Declare Function mixerOpen Lib "winmm.dll" (phmx As Long, _    ByVal uMxId As Long, ByVal dwCallback As Long, ByVal dwInstance As Long, _    ByVal fdwOpen As Long) As LongPrivate Declare Function mixerGetLineInfo Lib "winmm.dll" Alias _    "mixerGetLineInfoA" (ByVal hmxobj As Long, pmxl As MIXERLINE, _    ByVal fdwInfo As Long) As LongPrivate Declare Function mixerGetLineControls Lib "winmm.dll" Alias _    "mixerGetLineControlsA" (ByVal hmxobj As Long, pmxlc As MIXERLINECONTROLS, _    ByVal fdwControls As Long) As LongPrivate Declare Function mixerSetControlDetails Lib "winmm.dll" (ByVal hmxobj _    As Long, pmxcd As MIXERCONTROLDETAILS, ByVal fdwDetails As Long) As LongPrivate Declare Function mixerClose Lib "winmm.dll" (ByVal hmx As Long) As LongPrivate Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" _    (Destination As Any, Source As Any, ByVal Length As Long)Private Declare Function GlobalAlloc Lib "kernel32" (ByVal wFlags As Long, _    ByVal dwBytes As Long) As LongPrivate Declare Function GlobalLock Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hmem As Long) As LongPrivate Declare Function GlobalFree Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hmem As Long) As LongPrivate Type MIXERCONTROL    cbStruct As Long    dwControlID As Long    dwControlType As Long    fdwControl As Long    cMultipleItems As Long    szShortName As String * MIXER_SHORT_NAME_CHARS    szName As String * MIXER_LONG_NAME_CHARS    lMinimum As Long    lMaximum As Long    reserved(10) As LongEnd TypePrivate Type MIXERCONTROLDETAILS    cbStruct As Long    dwControlID As Long    cChannels As Long    item As Long    cbDetails As Long    paDetails As LongEnd TypePrivate Type MIXERCONTROLDETAILS_UNSIGNED    dwValue As LongEnd TypePrivate Type MIXERLINE    cbStruct As Long    dwDestination As Long    dwSource As Long    dwLineID As Long    fdwLine As Long    dwUser As Long    dwComponentType As Long    cChannels As Long    cConnections As Long    cControls As Long    szShortName As String * MIXER_SHORT_NAME_CHARS    szName As String * MIXER_LONG_NAME_CHARS    dwType As Long    dwDeviceID As Long    wMid  As Integer    wPid As Integer    vDriverVersion As Long    szPname As String * MAXPNAMELENEnd TypePrivate Type MIXERLINECONTROLS    cbStruct As Long    dwLineID As Long    dwControl As Long    cControls As Long    cbmxctrl As Long    pamxctrl As LongEnd Type' Set the master volume level.'' VolumeLevel is the level value in percentage (0 = min, 100 = max)' Returns True if successfulFunction SetVolume(VolumeLevel As Long) As Boolean    Dim hmx As Long    Dim uMixerLine As MIXERLINE    Dim uMixerControl As MIXERCONTROL    Dim uMixerLineControls As MIXERLINECONTROLS    Dim uDetails As MIXERCONTROLDETAILS    Dim uUnsigned As MIXERCONTROLDETAILS_UNSIGNED    Dim RetValue As Long    Dim hmem As Long    ' VolumeLevel value must be between 0 and 100    If VolumeLevel < 0 Or VolumeLevel > 100 Then GoTo error       ' Open the mixer    RetValue = mixerOpen(hmx, 0, 0, 0, 0)    If RetValue <> MMSYSERR_NOERROR Then GoTo error        ' Initialize MIXERLINE structure and call mixerGetLineInfo    uMixerLine.cbStruct = Len(uMixerLine)    uMixerLine.dwComponentType = MIXERLINE_COMPONENTTYPE_DST_SPEAKERS    RetValue = mixerGetLineInfo(hmx, uMixerLine, _        MIXER_GETLINEINFOF_COMPONENTTYPE)    If RetValue <> MMSYSERR_NOERROR Then GoTo error        ' Initialize MIXERLINECONTROLS strucure and    ' call mixerGetLineControls    uMixerLineControls.cbStruct = Len(uMixerLineControls)    uMixerLineControls.dwLineID = uMixerLine.dwLineID    uMixerLineControls.dwControl = MIXERCONTROL_CONTROLTYPE_VOLUME    uMixerLineControls.cControls = 1    uMixerLineControls.cbmxctrl = Len(uMixerControl)        ' Allocate a buffer to receive the properties of the master volume control    ' and put his address into uMixerLineControls.pamxctrl    hmem = GlobalAlloc(&H40, Len(uMixerControl))    uMixerLineControls.pamxctrl = GlobalLock(hmem)    uMixerControl.cbStruct = Len(uMixerControl)    RetValue = mixerGetLineControls(hmx, uMixerLineControls, _        MIXER_GETLINECONTROLSF_ONEBYTYPE)    If RetValue <> MMSYSERR_NOERROR Then GoTo error               ' Copy data buffer into the uMixerControl structure    CopyMemory uMixerControl, ByVal uMixerLineControls.pamxctrl, _        Len(uMixerControl)    GlobalFree hmem    hmem = 0    uDetails.item = 0    uDetails.dwControlID = uMixerControl.dwControlID    uDetails.cbStruct = Len(uDetails)    uDetails.cbDetails = Len(uUnsigned)        ' Allocate a buffer in which properties for the volume control are set    ' and put his address into uDetails.paDetails    hmem = GlobalAlloc(&H40, Len(uUnsigned))    uDetails.paDetails = GlobalLock(hmem)    uDetails.cChannels = 1    uUnsigned.dwValue = CLng((VolumeLevel * uMixerControl.lMaximum) / 100)    CopyMemory ByVal uDetails.paDetails, uUnsigned, Len(uUnsigned)       ' Set new volume level    RetValue = mixerSetControlDetails(hmx, uDetails, _        MIXER_SETCONTROLDETAILSF_VALUE)    GlobalFree hmem    hmem = 0    If RetValue <> MMSYSERR_NOERROR Then GoTo error        mixerClose hmx    ' signal success    SetVolume = True    Exit Function    error:    ' An error occurred        ' Release resources    If hmx <> 0 Then mixerClose hmx    If hmem Then GlobalFree hmem    ' signal failure    SetVolume = FalseEnd Function

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