From:	"Tony O'Bryan" <aho450s AT nic DOT smsu DOT edu>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Playing Midi in allegro
Date:	Thu, 20 Nov 1997 10:20:24 -0600
Organization:	Southwest Missouri State University
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I should know better than to post untested code. :)  Here is a tested,
working bare-bones MIDI playing Allegro program.  Replace my MIDI file
reference with your own MIDI file (I used a MIDI file that came with
Visual Basic 5.0).  Keep in mind that it doesn't do any error checking
(for simplicity of illustration).

#include <allegro.h>

int main(void)
  {
  MIDI *MidiFile;

  allegro_init();
  install_timer();
  install_keyboard();
  install_sound(DIGI_AUTODETECT,MIDI_AUTODETECT,NULL);

  MidiFile = load_midi("/vb/samples/comptool/mci/mcitest.mid");
  play_midi(MidiFile,FALSE);

  while (!key[KEY_ESC]);

  return 0;
  }

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