Call this function to play an AVI clip in an animation control.
BOOL Play(
UINT nFrom,
UINT nTo,
UINT nRep
);
Parameters
nFrom
Zero-based index of the frame where playing begins. Value must be less than 65,536. A value of 0 means begin with the first frame in the AVI clip.nTo
Zero-based index of the frame where playing ends. Value must be less than 65,536. A value of – 1 means end with the last frame in the AVI clip.nRep
Number of times to replay the AVI clip. A value of – 1 means replay the file indefinitely.
Return Value
Nonzero if successful; otherwise zero.
Remarks
The animation control will play the clip in the background while your thread continues executing. If the animation control has ACS_TRANSPARENT style, the AVI clip will be played using a transparent background rather than the background color specified in the animation clip.
Example
See the example for CAnimateCtrl::CAnimateCtrl.
Requirements
Header: afxcmn.h