This function initializes the internal libao data structures and loads all of the available plugins. The system and user configuration files are also read at this time if available. The library must be initialized before any other libao functions can be used.
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public static void initialize()
Public Shared Sub initialize
public: static void initialize()
Remarks
Do not invoke this function more than once before calling shutdown()()(). If you want to reload the configuration files without restarting your program, first call shutdown()()(), then call initialize()()() again.