Is it possible to play and control a video file, (m-peg, .avi) in excel? - what control would be needed - what ref lib

Thank
Ross.

Hi Ross,

Ross wrote:
Is it possible to play and control a video file, (m-peg, .avi) in
excel? - what control would be needed - what ref lib?

Not sure if you can do it on a Worksheet. You could use ShellExecute
(search google for help on it) to launch the default media player and play a
movie. On a UserForm, you could try right-clicking the controls toolbox and
selecting Additional Controls. I had one on my machine named "Windows Media
Player". Once you put it on the form, you can double-click the Custom
property and set the filename/URL and other things.

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Regards,

Jake Marx
MS MVP - Excel
www.longhead.com

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Thanks Jake,
Not really what i was after, becasue i was thinkinking about digatizing some some, think not sure if i could interact with WMP, but i might as well have a look

After a bit more search through my libs i found this on
"ActiveMovie control type library" (QUARTZ.DLL), and this web site
http://rookscape.com/vbgaming/tutBZ.ph
haven't managed to get any thing working yet, but only been looking at it for a few hours, will post back on any develpoment
Thanks Jake
Ros

Well currently gewtting nowhere fast, gave up on activemoveie thrying to play around with mediaplay, but can't get it to work, with .next, and .pervious etc.