API CD Player

My CD Player will play musical CDs. Some built-in commands are play, pause, stop, rewind, fast forward, previous track, next track, open, close, and exit. I also added a combo box for easier track selection and a volume control to adjust volume.

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Some API calls it uses are:


Declare Function mciGetErrorString Lib "winmm.dll" Alias _
   "mciGetErrorStringA" _
   (byval dwError as Long, byval lpstrBuffer as string, _
    byval uLength as Long) as Long
Declare Function mciSendString Lib "winmm.dll" Alias _
    "mciSendStringA" _
   (byval lpstrCommand as string, byval _
   lpstrReturnString as string, _
    byval uReturnLength as Long, byval hwndCallback as Long) _
    as Long
'
public hmem as Long
'
public Const SND_ASYNC = &H1
public Const SND_NODEFAULT = &H2
public Const SND_PURGE = &H40
public Const SND_FILENAME = &H20000
'
public Const MMSYSERR_NOERROR = 0
public Const MAXPNAMELEN = 32
public Const MIXER_LONG_NAME_CHARS = 64
public Const MIXER_SHORT_NAME_CHARS = 16
public Const MIXER_GETLINEINFOF_COMPONENTTYPE = &H3&
public Const MIXER_GETCONTROLDETAILSF_VALUE = &H0&
public Const MIXER_SETCONTROLDETAILSF_VALUE = &H0&
public Const MIXER_GETLINECONTROLSF_ONEBYTYPE = &H2&
public Const MIXERLINE_COMPONENTTYPE_DST_FIRST = &H0&
public Const MIXERLINE_COMPONENTTYPE_SRC_FIRST = &H1000&
public Const MIXERLINE_COMPONENTTYPE_DST_SPEAKERS = _
               (MIXERLINE_COMPONENTTYPE_DST_FIRST + 4)
public Const MIXERLINE_COMPONENTTYPE_SRC_MICROPHONE = _
               (MIXERLINE_COMPONENTTYPE_SRC_FIRST + 3)
public Const MIXERLINE_COMPONENTTYPE_SRC_LINE = _
               (MIXERLINE_COMPONENTTYPE_SRC_FIRST + 2)
public Const MIXERCONTROL_CT_CLASS_FADER = &H50000000
public Const MIXERCONTROL_CT_UNITS_UNSIGNED = &H30000
public Const MIXERCONTROL_CONTROLTYPE_FADER = _
               (MIXERCONTROL_CT_CLASS_FADER Or _
               MIXERCONTROL_CT_UNITS_UNSIGNED)
'
public Const MIXERCONTROL_CONTROLTYPE_VOLUME = _
               (MIXERCONTROL_CONTROLTYPE_FADER + 1)
'
public Type MIXERCONTROLDETAILS
    cbStruct    as Long
    dwControlID as Long
    cChannels   as Long
    item        as Long
    cbDetails   as Long
    paDetails   as Long
End Type
'
public Type MIXERCONTROLDETAILS_UNSIGNED
    dwValue as Long
End Type
'
public Type MIXERCONTROL
'
public Type MIXERLINE
'
'Allocates the specified number of bytes from the heap.
'
Declare Function GlobalAlloc Lib "kernel32" (byval _
    wFlags as Long, _
    byval dwBytes as Long) as Long
'
'Locks a global memory object and returns a pointer to the
' first byte of the object's memory block.  The memory block
' associated with a locked object cannot be moved or discarded.
'
Declare Function GlobalLock Lib "kernel32" (byval _
    hmem as Long) as Long
'
'Frees the specified global memory object and invalidates
'its handle.
'
Declare Function GlobalFree Lib "kernel32" (byval hmem as Long) _
    as Long
'
Declare Sub CopyPtrFromStruct Lib "kernel32" Alias _
    "RtlMoveMemory" _
    (byval ptr as Long, struct as Any, byval cb as Long)
'
Declare Sub CopyStructFromPtr Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" _
    (struct as Any, byval ptr as Long, byval cb as Long)
'
'Opens a specified mixer device and ensures that the
'device will not be removed until the application
'closes the handle.
'
Declare Function mixerOpen Lib "winmm.dll" _
    (phmx as Long, byval uMxId as Long, byval dwCallback as Long, _
    byval dwInstance as Long, byval fdwOpen as Long) as Long
'
'Sets properties of a single control associated with an
'audio line.
'
Declare Function mixerSetControlDetails Lib "winmm.dll" _
    (byval hmxobj as Long, pmxcd as MIXERCONTROLDETAILS, _
    byval fdwDetails as Long) as Long
'
'Retrieves information about a specific line of a mixer device.
'
Declare Function mixerGetLineInfo Lib "winmm.dll" _
    Alias "mixerGetLineInfoA" (byval hmxobj as Long, _
    pmxl as MIXERLINE, byval fdwInfo as Long) as Long
'
'Retrieves one or more controls associated with an audio line.
'
Declare Function mixerGetLineControls Lib "winmm.dll" _
    Alias "mixerGetLineControlsA" (byval hmxobj as Long, _
    pmxlc as MIXERLINECONTROLS, byval fdwControls as Long) _
    as Long
'
public Function fGetVolumeControl(byval hmixer as Long, _
        byval componentType as Long, byval ctrlType _
        as Long, _
        byref mxc as MIXERCONTROL) as Boolean
'

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