COM Objects > TracksBoard object > Methods > TracksBoard.ItemDurationGet method

Remarks

Obtains the duration of the given item.

For details about the use of the TracksBoard refer to the How to use the TracksBoard to visually compose songs tutorial.

For further details about methods of the TracksBoard refer to the TracksBoard object section.

Syntax

[Visual Basic]

control.TracksBoard.ItemDurationGet (

nUniqueId as Long,

ByRef nLoadedDurationMs as Long,

ByRef nOriginalDurationMs as Long

[C++]

short control.TracksBoard.ItemDurationGet (

long nUniqueId,

long *nLoadedDurationMs,

long *nOriginalDurationMs

);

Parameter

Description

nUniqueId

Unique identification number assigned to the sound item after being generated by one of the following methods:

•	TracksBoard.ItemSoundFileAdd and TracksBoard.ItemSoundFileRawAdd for sound files

•	TracksBoard.ItemSpeechFromStringAdd and TracksBoard.ItemSpeechFromFileAdd for text to speech items

•	TracksBoard.ItemClone when an existing item has been cloned

nLoadedDurationMs

Reference that, on return from the method call, will contain the duration of the portion of sound file currently loaded, expressed in milliseconds.

This value is affected by a previous call to one between the TracksBoard.ItemSoundFileLoadRangeSet method and the TracksBoard.ItemDurationStretch method.

nOriginalDurationMs

Reference that, on return from the method call, will contain the original duration of the sound file, expressed in milliseconds

Return value

Value	Meaning

Negative value	An error occurred, check the LastError property value in order to get the error code
enumErrorCodes.ERR_NOERROR (0)	The method call was successful