loading a midi file

[SykoStokkrTim]

I tried searching for threads on this, but the search must not be working..I'm writing a simple rpg type game, and pc speaker just doesn't cut it anymore. Does anyone know how to load a midi file into a program, or even better, play midi music from speakers and not have to carry around all of the .mid files for the game? Any help would be very helpful.

 

[quebasic2]

What do you mean, not have to carry them arround?

 

[SykoStokkrTim]

I want this to be a one file thing, e.g. I don't want external .mid files with it.

 

[quebasic2]

The only way that I think that you could do that, would be to turn the midi file into text form, and copy it into your program. As soon as the program started, have it copy the text into a file and have a midi code play the file. That would be very messy though.