USING MIDI PLAYER...

This MultiMedia application is intended to play single MIDI
files or a group of files in the background (a la Muzak)
while allowing foreground applications to run.  MIDI Player
uses the mciSendString function to play .mid files.


INSTALLATION

Put all the files in a subdirectory ("midip" ?) to keep them
together. Install midip.exe using the Program Manager
"new" function.

Edit your autoexec.bat to include the following 
line:

MIDHLP=c:\mwin\midip

(substitute your actual path after the = sign)

This will enable MIDI Player to find its help file even though
you have changed the path to another directory.

CONTROLS

I.  MENU
   
  File
  ----
  Add To PlayList -

	Use the File Controls to point to a subdirectory containing
	.mid files.  Each file you click on will be added to the
	playlist.  When the list is complete, click on "OK".

  Open - Use this command to open a previous playlist (*.mpl) file.

  Save - Saves the current playlist to a file using current filename

  Save As - Saves the current playlist under a new name

  Exit - (what it says)


  Edit
  ----
  Insert - Add a new .mid filename to current playlist

  Delete - Delete a .mid filename from the current list

  Clear List - (what it says)


  Help
  ----

  Using MIDI Player - Scroll through help file  (see installation note above)

  About MIDI Player - Usual fascinating stuff...


II.  OTHER CONTROLS

  Icon - Double click for exit

  Play List - cycle thru list in order (RepCnt) times

  Play Single - play highlighted file (RepCnt) times

  Pause - pause current file; click again to continue

  Stop - quit playing current file and close it

  RepCnt - accepts a number of repetitions between 1 and 9
            (note:  a blank box equals default, or 1 repetition) 

 
RELEASE NOTES

Version 1.0 released on April Fool's Day, 1992.

This app uses a fairly crude technique to allow playing
MIDI files withou tying up Windows in the process.
It uses the mciSendString command to poll the
driver until the message "stopped" tells the
software to continue processing the next .mid
file.

Copyright 1992 Atlantic Microsystems

Written by Pete Asensio		CIS 70143, 467

Atlantic Microsystems
110 Fishing Brook Road
Westbrook, CT 06498