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Animator MCI Driver

    26-Jul-93 14:47:46
Sb: Animator MCI Driver
Fm: Steve Carll 76447,2256
To: all
To anyone who can help, I am writing a Visual Basic program that is calling the MCI driver for Autodesk animation files. I am trying to play them in a picture control on a form. I pass the window handle of the picture control but the animation plays in a new window, evidently created by the driver. The technique I am using to set the output window in the Visual Basic MCI command is working properly because I am using the same scheme for Windows AVI files and they play exactly as I would expect them to, in the picture control on the Visual Basic form. I don't know why Autodesk ships 0 documentation on the MCI driver. I bought the animation player development kit and there was no mention of the MCI command set or anything. Just a file. Oh well… I would appreciate any input on this subject including any documentation that anyone has on the use of the driver. Thanks, Steve…