Microsoft KB Archive/171473

= FIX: MCI32.OCX Does Not Save Recorded .WAV Files =

Article ID: 171473

Article Last Modified on 12/10/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Control Creation Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Learning Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q171473



SYMPTOMS
When using the Command method of the MCI32.OCX control to save a recorded WAV file, the process will not actually create the targeted file.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2.

For more information on the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

170365 : INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why

For a list of the Visual Basic 5.0 bugs that were fixed in the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

171554 : INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2



Steps to Reproduce
 Create a new Standard EXE project. Add a Microsoft Multimedia (MCI32.OCX) control to Form1.  Add the following code to Form1. Private Sub Form_Load ' Set properties needed by MCI to open. MMControl1.Notify = False MMControl1.Wait = True MMControl1.Shareable = False MMControl1.DeviceType = "WaveAudio" MMControl1.filename = "C:\temp\test.wav"

' Open the MCI WaveAudio device. MMControl1.Command = "Open" End Sub

Private Sub MMControl1_StopClick(Cancel As Integer) MMControl1.Command = "Save" MMControl1.Command = "Close" End Sub

 Run the application (Press F5). Click the Record button, then wait for a few seconds. Click the Stop button. Notice that the folder "C:\TEMP" does not contain the file "test.wav" as expected.</li></ol>

Additional query words: MCI_SAVE

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbvbp500sp2fix kbvs97sp2fix KB171473

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