Neat trick, however this code dosent work? The file() function is always returning .t. because it thinks the file is there because its in the executable, even with I use home() it returns true.

lcWaitFile = "wait1.avi"

if !file(home() + lcWaitFile))
	strtofile(filetostr(lcWaitFile), lcWaitFile)
endif

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>The activex you're using requires file on disk because it cannot see files included in exe. You've to either distribute AVI as a separate file or copy it out at your app start.

Strtofile(Filetostr("wait.avi"), "wait.avi"))

You can check if file already exists and skip copying in this case.