Re: [midishare-devel] Fw: How to Write Data to a MIDI File

[Brian B. <wi...@w4...>]

On Sun, 2013-12-08 at 04:44 -0800, Chris Share wrote:
> I've tried the following:
> 
> 
> /* Create a Format 1 MIDI file */
>    9     fd = MidiFileCreate("output.mid", midifile1, TicksPerQuarterNote, 500);
>   10     if(fd == NULL) {
>   11         printf("File could not be created\n");
>   12         error = MidiGetError();      
>   13         printf("Error: %ld\n", error);
>   14         return 0;
>   15     } else if(fd != NULL) {
>   16         
> 
> It's producing the following output:
> 
> File could not be created
> Error: 0
> 
> The app is generating a MIDI file but its size is 0 bytes.
> 
> Any idea what's going on here?
> 
> I'm using OSX 10.9.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Chris
> 

Try using full path for filename parameter and make sure it points to
directory with file creation permission. Also, the second if statement
(because of the else clause) is superfluous.
--- Brian