>Hi Daniel,
>
>I had an exchange in private with Alexander and his last suggestion helped:
>
>Here is the final code, which is now working and showing animation correctly (I'm using his class and show animation in the status bar):
>

>      loControl.UseTimer = .f.
>      loControl.Recreate()
>      lcAviFile = addbs(justpath(fullpath('CommCtrl.vcx')))+'AVIs\SndMail2.avi'
>      .oAnimation = m.loControl
>      .oAnimation.visible = .t.
>      loControl.open(m.lcAviFile)
>      loControl.Play( 0, -1, -1)
>

>
>Alexander, jump into this thread for your stars portion :)
>
>Thanks a lot to both of you.

Hi Nadya,
Glad to hear that my last suggestion helped.

BTW, where can I get my starts? ;)