#Developer Kit
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Hi,
A couple of years ago, I ordered and received the developer kit
from AutoDesk. It contained the aaplay.dll, aaplay.h, and docs. Has
this kit been updated?
I notice that I have a variety of different aaplay.dll's on my
machine with different file sizes and creation dates. I have sizes
of 135,696,
137,232, 140,816, 182,773. Why the different file sizes? What
one
should I be using? The largest? Does it have additional API calls?
BobZilla
The kit has been updated to include some new components, but the particular
files you are referring to have not had any additional API capabilities added.
Here is a description of the current dev kit:
Animation Support Libraries: This developers kit includes C and
Visual Basic Programmers reference manuals for the Windows Player,
Fliclib and File Format manuals, Code examples and other support
files, POCO and POE reference manuals, and more. You can order this
kit directly from Autodesk by calling 800-964-6432. The kit costs
about $25.
"Animation Support Libraries R2.0 SAP# 03302-013303-9000".
Hi Brian,
I tried the MCI string commands and they seem to work AOK. Now that there is
a multimedia driver that works with windows and supports MCI string commands,
why would anyone use the multimedia developers kit? Is there anything that the
kit gives me that I can't get with the MCI string commands?
BobZilla
There is a very limited set of supported MCI calls. There are 43 pages of API
calls that you can make directly to the .DLL. MCI calls are also not as fast
or flexible.
-Brian
Hi Brian,
For now MCI works OK for me. Thanks for the help.
BobZilla
<< I notice that I have a variety of different aaplay.dll's on my machine with
different file sizes and creation dates. I have sizes of 135,696,
137,232, 140,816, 182,773. Why the different file sizes? What one>>
The most current has a file size of 140,816. The most current can always be
downloaded as part of the WINPLA.EXE file.
-Brian
Hi Brian,
OK, I will use the one from winpla.
BobZilla