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Dear AutoDesk, I am attempting to set the animation property in a procedure that looks like this sub playflic(flic as VBAnimation,path as string) flic.play = false flic.animation = path msgbox flic.animation Unfortunately, msgbox returns an empty string. Furthermore, when I attempt to exit my app in the design time shell, I get a General Protection Fault. If I set the animation path in a loop, while flic.animation <> path flic.animation = path wend the animation path is eventually set, but when exiting my app at design time, GPF occurs. I have eliminated all possible contributing factors and discovered that by commenting out flic.animation = path, no GPF occurs. I have also given the animation property a string such as: flic.animation = "d:\flics\cat.flc", but msgbox still returns "" and GPF occurs. GPF error is 001A:15F9. Does the animator need time to set its properties? If so, how can I do this? I also use aaGetParm call to determine if the animation is playing. I get a GPF on this especially without using the while loop to set the animation path. What causes your dll function calls to do this? -Adlait