CAnimateCtrl Example

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Its pretty easy to implement an avi control. Follow these steps to add an avi animation control (CAnimateCtrl) to your dialog resource:

• In the resource editor, click on the animate control icon, and place one on your dialog.
• Go into 'Class Wizard' and add a control name to your newly inserted component. example:
  CAnimateCtrl m_avi;this is placed in your .h file.
• Next, import the .avi file into your project. To do this, highlite your resource project name, and right click in the resource view window. Select import. Set the filter to *.avi, and select the avi file you want to import.
• Enter "AVI" for resource type in the custom resource type dialog box.
• Add the following code to your project:

  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  // CAvidemoDlg message handlers
  
  BOOL CAvidemoDlg::OnInitDialog()
  {
  	CDialog::OnInitDialog();
  	...
  	...
  	
  	// TODO: Add extra initialization here
  	m_avi.Open( IDR_AVI ); // open the avi resource.
  	m_avi.Play( 0, -1,-1 );play avi resource.
  	
  	// return TRUE unless you set the focus to a control
  	return TRUE;
  }