Hi there,

which control should I use to play an avi file.
I don't want a control bar, and I would like to be able to start, stop
and change its visibility.

I have inserted an AVIFile object and, but I don't know how to start it
from runtime.

Any help is welcome.
Regards, John Dehaeze

Crude code sample follows...

'BeginRetab
Option Explicit
'.............................................

Private Sub Form_Click()
        Animation1.AutoPlay = False
        Animation1.Stop
End Sub
'.................................................

Private Sub Form_Load()
        With Animation1
                .Open "d:\utilities\videdit\work\filecopy\filecopy.avi"
                .Play 10
        End With
End Sub

Cecil

I use the ActiveMovie control.  It's a snap.

Hello John,

The Animation control does not support some types of AVI files (AVI with
sound etc.). The best way to play the AVI file is using ActiveMovie
Control. The properties of this control will allow you to show/hide control
bar and also the start, stop, visiblity , size of the avi etc.

hope this helps

All the BEst