PRB: .FLI and .FLC Files Don't Play (107164)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Multimedia Viewer Publishing Toolkit 2.0
- Microsoft Multimedia Viewer Publishing Toolkit 2.0a
This article was previously published under Q107164 SYMPTOMS
Viewer displays a "Cannot Display" error box wherever a .FLI or .FLC
file is referenced in a topic via an embedded MCI pane statement. The
syntax of the embedded MCI pane statement can be any of the following:
{ewc MVMCI2,ViewerMCI,[options]![FLI/FLC-file]}
{ewl MVMCI2,ViewerMCI,[options]![FLI/FLC-file]}
{ewr MVMCI2,ViewerMCI,[options]![FLC/FLC-file]}
CAUSE
Autodesk's MCI driver for playing .FLI and .FLC files (MCIAAP.DRV)
returns an incorrect error when Viewer uses mciSendCommand() to send
it a MCI_WINDOW message with the flags MCI_ANIM_WINDOW_HWND and
MCI_WAIT.
RESOLUTION
The .FLI and .FLC files can be played with the MCIAAP.DRV driver,
provided the MCI_WINDOW command message is not sent. In fact, .FLI and
.FLC files can be played with Media Player and with the MCITEST sample
application from the Windows 3.1 Software Development Kit (SDK). To
play .FLI and .FLC files from Viewer, you could write your own
dynamic-link library (DLL), which would use mciSendCommand() to send
commands to play the animation files. There is no way to use Viewer's
MVMCI2.DLL to play a .FLI or .FLC file.
The information in this article applies to the MCIAAP.DRV that is
dated 2-8-93 and is 16912 bytes long.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 10/14/2003 |
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| Keywords: | KB107164 |
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