Play AVI Videos without an OCX

Category:

Multimedia/Games

Type:

Snippets

Difficulty:

Beginning

Author:

Zeeshan Alam

Version Compatibility: Visual Basic 6, Visual Basic 5

More information:

This demo shows you how to play an AVI file using the mciSendString API function. You can also resize and reposition the AVI.

Instructions: Click the link below to download the code. Select 'Save' from the IE popup dialog. Once downloaded, open the .zip file from your local drive using WinZip or a comparable program to view the contents.

Download zeeavi.zip