Legacy Document

Important: Inside Macintosh: Sound is deprecated as of Mac OS X v10.5. For new audio development in Mac OS X, use Core Audio. See the Audio page in the ADC Reference Library.

SndSoundManagerVersion
You can use SndSoundManagerVersion to determine the version of the Sound Manager tools available on a computer.
FUNCTION SndSoundManagerVersion: NumVersion;
DESCRIPTION
The SndSoundManagerVersion function returns a version number that contains the same information as in the first 4 bytes of a 'vers' resource. You might use the SndSoundManagerVersion function to determine if a computer has the enhanced Sound Manager, which is necessary for multichannel sound and for continuous plays from disk.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
You can call the SndSoundManagerVersion function at interrupt time.

ASSEMBLY-LANGUAGE INFORMATION
The trap macro and routine selector for the SndSoundManagerVersion function are
Trap macro Selector
_SoundDispatch $000C0008

SEE ALSO
For information on how to use the SndSoundManagerVersion function to determine whether the enhanced Sound Manager is available, see "Obtaining Version Information" on page 2-34.