BinaryWork Mixer OCX 1.5 - Debug version - VB5 with SP3

ActiveX OCX to access and control any multimedia device 
installed , and it can detect and control also unknown 
devices and extended multimedia capabilities like 
Surround , Treble , Bass , Qsound , Four speakers , or 
any other extended multimedia device that will be 
developed in the future , with this OCX you can get 
and change the volume sound or the mute state of any 
detected multimedia devices.

If the Windows can handle the multimedia device , then 
this OCX can handle it also 

The method that this control is using to access the system 
mixer will work fine with any sound card already 
developed or any other that will be developed in the 
future ( For an unkonwn reason the new SBlive! sound 
card may not be detected , we are working to solve 
this problem ).

What is new in version 1.5:

1 - Added a debug mode to help the 
fix of problems with especific sound cards ( like the SBlive!
sound card ) , to enable the debug mode you need to create an 
empty file called 'bwmixerdebug.txt' and insert it in the 
same path of the OCX ( normaly c:\windows\system ) , with 
this file in the same path the OCX will 
enter in the debug mode , and another file will be 
created in the same path ( bwmixerdebug.log ) this is 
the debug file that have all the information that is 
required to help us to fix especific sound card problems , you only 
need to insert the log file in an email and send it to 
info@binarywork.hypermart.net , thanks in advance for helping us

2 - This new version can detect not only the playback devices , but 
the recording devices also ,  unfortunatelly the recording devices 
willnot return the name of the recording devices ( at least at this
moment , we are working on it... ) , it will be listed as Unknown devices

How it work

This control tries to be as smart as possible

This control will make a full search and test in any 
device detected in your system

Then it will verify the presence of the known 
devices ( Wave , Midi , Master ) , and make some tests to 
verify the possibility to access this device

It will get any information that can make difference in 
the method that the system mixer need to be handle

During the full search , if some unknown device was 
found , it will be listed with the description and the 
required data that will be necessary to access this 
device

Known problems

If you have more than one sound card , then only the 
first detected by the system will be handled

Despite the possibility to detect the other sound card 
or mixer , at least this version will only handle 
the first one



A VB sample project is included in the package

This OCX was tested in Win95/WinNT40/Win98

The documentation will be available online in this link
http://binarywork.hypermart.net/bwmixer.htm


Installation

Execute the setup.exe file that is located in the 'OCX install.zip'
to install the OCX

Extract the 'sample project.zip' file to a empty directory


Bugs and sugestions can be emailed to

info@binarywork.hypermart.net
maquisistem@netpar.com.br

Homepage : 
http://binarywork.hypermart.net
http://maquisistem.tripod.com/

Thanks for testing our software

BinaryWork Corp.
