#FLI & FLC Integration.
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I would like to know how can I integrate the FLI and FLC animations in Windows
program ?
Actually for integrating an AVI file it is enough to tell our Presentation
program to insert an object and then selecting the MediaPlayer.
This way when we use the presentation it opens automatically the related AVI
file and when it is finished it closes it.
I have downloaded the AAplay for Windows but can not use it this way.
Do you know a program to let us use these kind of animations like AVI files ?
Regards,
Kamran
Karman,
Download FLICIN.TXT from the library. It details how to accomplish this.
-Brian
Brian,
Thanks for reply the the FLICIN.TXT.
I've install AAplay and the MCI driver and it works, but it plays just once the
animation !
If I enable the Auto Repeat of the Mediaplayer to let our logo animation play
all the time until we pass to another page of the presentation, Mediaplayer
hangs the computer.
The only way is to do CTRL+ALT+DEL to shut down the Mplayer.
Also there is no Controls on the window showing the animation. Is there out a
newer file letting us do this ? All are dated 1992 !
Regards,
Kamran
Rather than setting up to play an animation (FLC file) you can also set it up
to play a script (.AAS. file). The scripts that you create in the Windows
player can have control features that you need like how many times to loop the
animation, add sound, full screen, transitions, etc….
-brian
Very interesting Brian!
Going to find some documentations on how to make script files for this player.
Regards,
Kamran
Brian,
I have been following your very helpful suggestions on using the aaplay file
and mciaap.drv file for playing fli and flc files. I downloaded the text file
you suggested in a previous message and installed mciaap.drv in my sys.ini. I
now see the Autodesk Animation 1.1 file in my control panel drivers list.
However, I keep getting an error message and I think it relates to your
previous comments about win.ini. I have no lines in win.ini referencing the
driver to play fli or flc files. Is there a setup software program that I
missed that does this automatically or do I need to put the lines into
win.ini manually. If I need to do it manually, could you please tell me the
specific syntax that goes on the lines and where it should go in win.ini.
Do the following problems happen because I do not have references in win.ini?
Gold Disk Astound Media Manager will not play a fli or flc file — it says
my system not setup to play/recognize these files. Secondly, after using file
associate with media manager in windows for fli and flc files, when clicking
on a fli file I get the error message: "Cannot determine device type from
given filename extensions. (The Autodesk Animation driver shows up as a
device in my media manager under win 3.11)
Thanks for all your help.
Barry
Barry,
The WIN.INI file is supposed to be automatically updated the first time you run
the AAWIN player. It is possible that this is not set up properly if you try to
access it via GOLD DISK's players. I would suggest doing the following:
Download WINPLA.EXE (If you don't have it already). After extracting the file
(IT is a self extracting archive) run the AAPLAY.EXE file that starts the
Windows player.
This archive will also extract the MCI driver, but it does not
automatically install it. Follow the instructions in the doc file to
manually intall the MCI driver.
If it is still not working properly, then go to the file manager,
highlight an FLC file, and then choose FILE/ASSOCIATE and choose the
AAPLAY.EXE file to associate those extensions with the player
utility.