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GetOutputDeviceDesc method 

 

Remarks 

 

Retrieves the friendly description of the requested output device (sound card). This method is very useful when you have to fill a combo box with the friendly names of the available output devices. 

 

The total number of available output devices can be obtained using the GetOutputDevicesCount method. 

 

For further details about speakers assignment, take a look to the How to work with multiple output devices and speakers section. 

 

 

Syntax 

 

[Visual Basic]  control.GetOutputDeviceDesc (  nIndex as Integer  ) as String

 

[C++]  LPCTSTR control.GetOutputDeviceDesc (  short nIndex  );

 

 

 

Parameter	Description
nIndex	Number representing the zero-based index of the output device whose friendly name must be retrieved

 

 

Return value 

 

Value	Meaning
Empty string	The value of the nIndex parameter was out of range. Use the value returned by the GetOutputDevicesCount method in order to know how many output devices are currently installed on the system.
Valid string	The string containing the friendly description of the requested output device.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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