Name

 
mmeServerFileDescriptor --- Return the file descriptor used to communicate with the mmeserver
 
 

Syntax

 #include <mme/mme_api.h>
 int mmeServerFileDescriptor()
 

Arguments

 
None.
 
 

Description

 
The mmeServerFileDescriptor function returns the file descriptor being used to communicate with the mmeserver.  Applications can add the file descriptor to a select() function call to detect incoming callbacks. 

 
Connections to the mmeserver are made when an interface has returned an open device handle, such as a device handle returned by the waveOutOpen, ICLocate, or videoOpen function. 
 

Extensions

 
The mmeServerFileDescriptor function is a Digital extension to the Microsoft multimedia API specification. 
 
 
 
 

Return Values

 
Returns a file descriptor if the function is successful; otherwise, it returns -1 if no connection to the mmeserver has been established yet.
 

See Also

 
None.