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DarkBASIC Discussion / Runtime error: music could not be loaded.

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Garfield rules
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Posted: 20th Sep 2007 22:45
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Hi...

I'm using the 2007 version of DBC with enhancements. My OS is Vista (mistake #1, I know). I tried to load a midi file with the "load music" command and got "Runtime error: music could not be loaded." I double-checked the path to the file and it was entered correctly. I even tried to load it from the CLI and got the same problem. It's not the midi file that's the problem, because Windows Media Player will play it. I've tried more than one midi in DarkBASIC and none of them load. What am I doing wrong?
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Libervurto
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Posted: 20th Sep 2007 23:51
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I have the exact same problem with my old PC, and that certainly doesn't have Vista on it lol

Sadly I could never work out what the problem was
Anyone out there smarter than me?

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Posted: 21st Sep 2007 18:44
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Before I say anything lse, could you compile the program into an EXE and see if the music can be played then?

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Garfield rules
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Posted: 23rd Sep 2007 23:19
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I found another thread that solved the problem. It's this one.

This topic says that you can circumvent the problem by directly accessing the Windows API, there was even an example function included. After doing a little more research on MSDN I wrote my own function that did that. I did have to look at the example in the aforementioned thread more than once to finally get it right though, so I'll give the guy who made it credit even though I didn't copy and paste it.
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