Can Silverlight communicate with a MIDI instrument connected to the machine running the Silverlight application? In- or out-browser.
Can Silverlight communicate with a MIDI instrument connected to the machine running the Silverlight
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Can Silverlight communicate with a MIDI instrument connected to the machine running the Silverlight application? In- or out-browser.
It appears that this is not possible in Silverlight. To communicate with a MIDI device, you would have to PInvoke methods in
winmm.dll, and this (apparently) cannot be done in Silverlight. See:http://forums.silverlight.net/forums/t/123673.aspx
This could be done easily in a WPF or WinForms application. It could also be done in a browser with XBAP, although you would need elevated permissions to access the
winmmAPI, which would require a certificate. You can also still make ActiveX controls with .Net, but I think you would still need a certificate for this to get the proper permissions (although it might work with just a scary security confirmation dialog).