NAME

       WildMidi_Open - Open a midi file for processing

LIBRARY

       libWildMidi

SYNOPSIS

       #include <wildmidi_lib.h>

       midi *WildMidi_Open (const char *midifile)

DESCRIPTION

       Open a MIDI file pointed to by midifile for processing. This file must be in standard midi format.

RETURN VALUE

       Returns NULL on error and sends a message to stderr, otherwise returns a handle for the midi file opened.
       This handle is used by most functions in libWildMidi to identify which midi file we are refering to.

SEE ALSO

       WildMidi_GetString(3),      WildMidi_Init(3),      WildMidi_MasterVolume(3),      WildMidi_OpenBuffer(3),
       WildMidi_SetOption(3),      WildMidi_GetOutput(3),       WildMidi_GetInfo(3),       WildMidi_FastSeek(3),
       WildMidi_Close(3), WildMidi_Shutdown(3), wildmidi(1), wildmidi.cfg(5)

AUTHOR

       Chris Ison <wildcode@users.sourceforge.net>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) Chris Ison 2001-2010

       This file is part of WildMIDI.

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       General Public License and you can redistribute and/or modify the library under  the  terms  of  the  GNU
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       licenses, or(at your option) any later version.

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                                                  05 June 2010                                  WildMidi_Open(3)