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Download FLICIN.TXT from this forums library for the solution to the following Microsoft document. -Brian Title: PRB: .FLI and .FLC Files Don't Play Document Number: Q107164 Publ Date: 24-APR-1994 Product Name: Multimedia Viewer Product Version: 2.00 2.00a Operating System: WINDOWS ———————————————————————- The information in this article applies to: – Microsoft Multimedia Viewer Publishing Toolkit versions 2.0 and 2.0a ———————————————————————- SYMPTOMS ======== Viewer displays a "Cannot Display" error box wherever a .FLI or .FLC file is referenced in a topic via an embedded MCI pane statement. The syntax of the embedded MCI pane statement can be any of the following: {ewc MVMCI2,ViewerMCI,[options]![FLI/FLC-file]} {ewl MVMCI2,ViewerMCI,[options]![FLI/FLC-file]} {ewr MVMCI2,ViewerMCI,[options]![FLC/FLC-file]} CAUSE ===== Autodesk's MCI driver for playing .FLI and .FLC files (MCIAAP.DRV) returnsan incorrect error when Viewer uses mciSendCommand() to send it a MCI_WINDOW message with the flags MCI_ANIM_WINDOW_HWND and MCI_WAIT. RESOLUTION ========== The .FLI and .FLC files can be played with the MCIAAP.DRV driver, provided the MCI_WINDOW command message is not sent. In fact, .FLI and .FLC files can be played with Media Player and with the MCITEST sample application from the Windows 3.1 Software Development Kit (SDK). To play .FLI and .FLC files from Viewer, you could write your own dynamic-link library (DLL), which would use mciSendCommand() to send commands to play the animation files. There is no way to use Viewer's MVMCI2.DLL to play a .FLI or .FLC file. The information in this article applies to the MCIAAP.DRV that is dated 2-8-93 and is 16912 bytes long. Additional reference words: 2.00 2.00a aaanim animation viewer KBCategory: Prg KBSubcategory: MdkView COPYRIGHT Microsoft Corporation, 1994.