ACC97: "Unable to Open AVI File" Error Using Animation Control (162978)
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This article was previously published under Q162978 Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.
SYMPTOMS
When you use the Animation control to display animation on a Microsoft
Access 97 form, you may receive the following error message:
Run-time error '35752':
Unable to open AVI file
NOTE: The Animation ActiveX control is installed by Microsoft Office 97
Developer Edition.
CAUSE
You used an unsupported animation file (*.avi) with the Animation control.
The control only supports uncompressed .avi files or .avi files compressed
using Run-Length Encoding (RLE), and .avi files without sound data.
RESOLUTION
Replace the .avi file you are using in the Animation control with one that
is uncompressed or compressed with RLE, and has no sound data.
MORE INFORMATION
You can use the Animation control to display .avi files on a form. For
example, you can call the Play method of an Animation control when you
click a button on a form, and the control will play the .avi file.
The Animation control is only visible in Design view. In Form view, you do
not see the control; you only see the animation it plays.
You can obtain information about an .avi file by viewing its properties.
In Microsoft Windows 95 and Microsoft NT version 4.0, use the right mouse
button to click the .avi file, and then click Properties. In Microsoft
Windows NT version 3.51, select the file in File Manager, and then click
Properties on the File menu. The Audio Format property must be blank, and
the Video Format property must reference MS-RLE or no compression format
at all.
REFERENCES
For more information about using the Animation control, search the Help
Index for "Animation control."
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 9/25/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kberrmsg kbprb KB162978 |
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