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PowerCOBOL V11.0 Reference
FUJITSU Software

5.92 SetMCICommand Method

Description:

Passes an MCI command to the MCI driver.

Used in controls:

MCI

Used in objects:

None.

Parameters:

VT_BSTR - MCICommandX(8192)

Description of Parameters:

The MCI command string.

Return value:

VT_BSTR - ReturnValueX(8192)

The character string returned by the command.

Example:

WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 MCI-Chk-CD    PIC X(28) VALUE  
    "status cdaudio media present".
01 CD-Received   PIC X(256).
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
* This command checks to see if a 
* CD player is available. "True" 
* is returned in the CD-Received 
* parameter if present, otherwise 
* "False" is returned.
    INVOKE CmMCI1 "SetMCICommand"
      USING     MCI-Chk-CD
      RETURNING CD-Received

Backward compatibility
method name:

None.