The MCIPISTR function submits an MCI (Media Control Interface) string command.
You can use MCI to control many types of multimedia equipment, such as CD players,
mixers, videodisc players, and so on. Windows provides MCI support. For more information
about valid MCI string commands, refer to the Windows multimedia SDK documentation
in the MSDN Library and
your MCI-compliant device documentation.
The return value is a string that contains return information from the MCI string
command. Examples of return
information include "invalid instance" and "1".
Note: Not all MCI commands supply
return codes that are usable from SAS.
The MCIPISTR function
can be used in the DATA step and in SCL code.