>I need to show an .avi animation file on one of my forms while a lengthy operation is being performed, so that the user will not think the machine has 'died'.
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>Is there an easy way to do this? The sample provided with VFP did not really provide any real help.
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>Thanks,
>Chris
Sure. Just put the animation control activex on your form, and add the following two lines on your form's init method:
This.olecontrol1.autoplay=.t.
This.olecontrol1.Open('myfile.avi')