>>>Is it possible to compile a video inside an exe so that the video file is never seen by a prying user? I have added it to 'other files'. But when I install the exe on a clean machine and click it's video button, it tells me that there is a missing file.
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>>It is possible to build the video in EXE, but I think to play it you need to extract it first as a disk file (not sure though)
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>>lcFileName = ADDBS(SYS(2023))+FORCEEXT(SYS(2015),[TMP])
>>STRTOFILE(FILETOSTR([YourVideoFileNameHere.AVI]),lcFileName)
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>>*** play lcFileName
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>>ERASE(lcFileName)
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>Now you have me wondering about running it from a memo field. Here is a way to execute code from a memo field that was posted a year or two ago. It's below - Can it be modified to run the video this way?
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>* How can you execute compiled code stored in a MEMO field?
>* If you have VFP6 with at least SP3, you can use the COMPILE command
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>lcFileName = Sys(2015) + ".prg"
>Strtofile(MyMemofield, lcFileName )
>Compile (lcFileName)
>DO (lcFileName)
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>* In VFP7 you can use ExecScript
>* ExecScript(MyMemofield)
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Something like that:

lcFileName = ADDBS(SYS(2023))+FORCEEXT(SYS(2015),[AVI]) && Make sure that the extention is AVI
STRTOFILE(BLOBfieldhere,lcFileName) && Use BLOB or Memo binary to save AVI
DECLARE INTEGER ShellExecute ;
	    IN SHELL32.DLL ;
	    INTEGER,;
	    STRING,;
	    STRING,;
	    STRING,;
	    STRING,;
	    INTEGER
ShellExecute(0, [open], lcFileName, [], [], 1)