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A while back I needed an easy way to play a .wav file under program control and was given a great solution. &nbsp;I simply declared:<br />
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Declare Function sndPlaySound Lib &quot;winmm.dll&quot; Alias &quot;sndPlaySoundA&quot; (ByVal lpszSoundName As String, ByVal uFlags As Long) As Long<br />
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...and then placed the file path for the .wav anywhere it was needed. &nbsp;My question: &nbsp;Does the same kind of solution exist for playing .avi files? &nbsp;Please let me know. &nbsp;Thank you,<br />
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Warren Shore
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A while back I needed an easy way to play a .wav file under program control and was given a great solution.  I simply declared:

Declare Function sndPlaySound Lib "winmm.dll" Alias "sndPlaySoundA" (ByVal lpszSoundName As String, ByVal uFlags As Long) As Long

...and then placed the file path for the .wav anywhere it was needed.  My question:  Does the same kind of solution exist for playing .avi files?  Please let me know.  Thank you,

Warren Shore

Play .AVI file

Visual Basic is Microsoft’s event-driven programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) for its Component Object Model (COM) programming model. It is relatively easy to learn and use because of its graphical development features and BASIC heritage. It has been replaced with VB.NET, and is very similar to VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), the programming language for the Microsoft Office product line.