Getting Filename or Title of current playing song

Dutchtux · 1st April 2002, 07:09

What must I do get the filename or Title of the song current playing.
I got this but it doesnt work.

code:


WMFilename = SendMessage(hwnd_winamp, WM_WA_IPC, 0, IPC_ISPLAYING)

Is this the good line or must it totally diffrent?

Gourou · 3rd April 2002, 15:05

*sighs* search this thread, it's in here 5 times

Dutchtux · 3rd April 2002, 15:48

I Find only 3 threads.
1 is for C++.I dont realy understand that language.
And 2 others I dont understand one thing about it.

Gourou · 4th April 2002, 11:07

you dont understand it because it's not as simple as a simple send message command. What it returns as you know is a Long value, 8 digit number, what that is is a pointer in memory, it's the memory location of where the title is stored. C++ uses a simple thing to allow you to directly read the string given the pointer, VB is not so easy. You must make string, find the pointer to the string, then use either CopyMemory, or lstrcpy to copy the data from the pointer winamp gave you, to the pointer of your own string, then when you use the string in VB, the data should be there.

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Dutchtux Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 19	Getting Filename or Title of current playing song What must I do get the filename or Title of the song current playing. I got this but it doesnt work. code: WMFilename = SendMessage(hwnd_winamp, WM_WA_IPC, 0, IPC_ISPLAYING) Is this the good line or must it totally diffrent?

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3rd April 2002, 15:05	#2
Gourou Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The backside of the universe on the trailing edge of eternity Posts: 238	sighs search this thread, it's in here 5 times

3rd April 2002, 15:48	#3
Dutchtux Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 19	I Find only 3 threads. 1 is for C++.I dont realy understand that language. And 2 others I dont understand one thing about it.

4th April 2002, 11:07	#4
Gourou Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The backside of the universe on the trailing edge of eternity Posts: 238	you dont understand it because it's not as simple as a simple send message command. What it returns as you know is a Long value, 8 digit number, what that is is a pointer in memory, it's the memory location of where the title is stored. C++ uses a simple thing to allow you to directly read the string given the pointer, VB is not so easy. You must make string, find the pointer to the string, then use either CopyMemory, or lstrcpy to copy the data from the pointer winamp gave you, to the pointer of your own string, then when you use the string in VB, the data should be there.