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ShellExecute() runs a seperate program to play the file. &nbsp;It won't allow your program to play the file.<br />

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ShellExecute() runs a seperate program to play the file.  It won't allow your program to play the file.


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I should add that, that might be fine for your needs. &nbsp;But I wanted to make that clear in case it is not.<br />

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I should add that, that might be fine for your needs.  But I wanted to make that clear in case it is not.


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I want to play video file having extension .avi in <br />
vc++ what should i do ? 
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I want to play video file having extension .avi in 
vc++ what should i do ? 

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C++ is an intermediate-level general-purpose programming language, not to be confused with C or C#. It was developed as a set of extensions to the C programming language to improve type-safety and add support for automatic resource management, object-orientation, generic programming, and exception handling, among other features.