Visual Basic MCI Control TimeFormat Property Information

The Multimedia Device Control (MCI.VBX) TimeFormat property does not support all format settings with all device types. When you assign a value to TimeFormat that is not supported by the device, the TimeFormat retains its previous setting.

This article also describes MCI_FORMAT_MSF (2) and shows how to separate the four bytes of a time value.

To determine if the current device supports a particular TimeFormat setting, assign the value to TimeFormat. Then check TimeFormat to see if it returns the value assigned. For example: Some of the time formats, such as MCI_FORMAT_TMSF, provide four separate byte size numbers packed into one four byte long integer. The following sample statements show how you can extract the four bytes into separate variables: The least significant byte is stored in byte1 and the most significant byte is stored in byte4.

The following list shows all possible settings for TimeFormat: The TimeFormat setting MCI_FORMAT_MSF is described in the README.TXT file but is missing from the "Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Features Custom Control Reference" for version 2.0. The following description of MCI_FORMAT_MSF appears in the README.TXT file: The TimeFormat property affects the following properties. Microsoft has confirmed that this information should be included in the "Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Features Custom Control Reference" for version 2.0. We will post new information here when the documentation has been updated with this additional information.