Visual Basic: Multimedia MCI Control

ButtonEnabled Property (Multimedia MCI Control)

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Determines if a button in the control is enabled or disabled (a disabled button appears dimmed).

Syntax

[form.]MMControl.ButtonEnabled[ = {True | False}]

Remarks

The effects of the ButtonEnabled properties are superseded by the Enabled and AutoEnable properties. Individual ButtonEnabled properties enable or disable the associated buttons in the Multimedia MCI control when the Multimedia MCI control is enabled (Enabled property set to True) and the AutoEnable property is turned off (set to False).

For this property, Button may be any of the following: Back, Eject, Next, Pause, Play, Prev, Record, Step, or Stop. For example, to disable the Play button, use:

[form.]MMControl.PlayEnabled = False

To check whether the Record button is enabled, use:

If [form.]MMControl.RecordEnabled Then ..

The following table lists the ButtonEnabled property settings for the Multimedia MCI control.

Setting Description
False (Default) Disables (dims) the button specified by Button. This button's function is not available in the control.
True Enables the button specified by Button. This button's function is available in the control.

Data Type

Integer (Boolean)