>>>>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.
>>>
>>>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)
>>>

>>>lcFileName = ADDBS(SYS(2023))+FORCEEXT(SYS(2015),[TMP])
>>>STRTOFILE(FILETOSTR([YourVideoFileNameHere.AVI]),lcFileName)
>>>
>>>*** play lcFileName
>>>
>>>ERASE(lcFileName)
>>>

>>
>>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?
>>

>>* 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
>>
>>lcFileName = Sys(2015) + ".prg"
>>Strtofile(MyMemofield, lcFileName )
>>Compile (lcFileName)
>>DO (lcFileName)
>>
>>* 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)
>

As it turns out, the app with the video is entirely too big to install on most PCs. So, I will have to drop this idea. Thank you for the help, Borislav.