Function Reference

_GUICtrlAVI_Play

Plays an AVI clip in an animation control

#include <GuiAVI.au3>
_GUICtrlAVI_Play ( $hWnd [, $iFrom = 0 [, $iTo = -1 [, $iRepeat = -1]]] )

Parameters

$hWnd Control ID/Handle to the control
$iFrom [optional] 0-based index of the frame where playing begins. The value must be less than 65,536.
A value of 0 means begin with the first frame in the clip.
$iTo [optional] 0-based index of the frame where playing ends. The value must be less than 65,536.
A value of -1 means end with the last frame in the clip.
$iRepeat [optional] Number of times to replay the AVI clip. A value of -1 means replay the clip indefinitely.

Return Value

Success: True.
Failure: False.

Remarks

The control plays the clip in the background while the thread continues executing.

Related

_GUICtrlAVI_Seek, _GUICtrlAVI_Stop

Example

Example 1

; using AutoIt Function

#include <GuiAVI.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

_Example_Internal()

Func _Example_Internal()
        Local $idAVI, $id_Start, $id_Stop

        ; Create GUI
        GUICreate("(Internal) AVI Play/Stop", 300, 200)
        $idAVI = GUICtrlCreateAvi(@SystemDir & "\shell32.dll", 160, 10, 10)
        $id_Start = GUICtrlCreateButton("start", 50, 150, 70, 22)
        $id_Stop = GUICtrlCreateButton("stop", 150, 150, 70, 22)
        GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

        ; Loop until the user exits.
        While 1
                Switch GUIGetMsg()
                        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
                                ExitLoop
                        Case $id_Start
                                ; Play part of the AVI clip
                                _GUICtrlAVI_Play($idAVI)
                        Case $id_Stop
                                ; Stop AVI clip
                                _GUICtrlAVI_Stop($idAVI)
                EndSwitch
        WEnd

        ; Close AVI clip
        _GUICtrlAVI_Close($idAVI)

        GUIDelete()
EndFunc   ;==>_Example_Internal

Example 2

; using UDF

#include <GuiAVI.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

_Example_External()

Func _Example_External()
        Local $hGUI, $hAVI, $id_Start, $id_Stop

        ; Create GUI
        $hGUI = GUICreate("(External) AVI Play/Stop", 300, 200)
        $hAVI = _GUICtrlAVI_Create($hGUI, @SystemDir & "\Shell32.dll", 160, 10, 10)
        $id_Start = GUICtrlCreateButton("start", 50, 150, 70, 22)
        $id_Stop = GUICtrlCreateButton("stop", 150, 150, 70, 22)
        GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

        ; Loop until the user exits.
        While 1
                Switch GUIGetMsg()
                        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
                                ExitLoop
                        Case $id_Start
                                ; Play part of the AVI clip
                                _GUICtrlAVI_Play($hAVI)
                        Case $id_Stop
                                ; Stop AVI clip
                                _GUICtrlAVI_Stop($hAVI)
                EndSwitch
        WEnd

        ; Close AVI clip
        _GUICtrlAVI_Close($hAVI)

        GUIDelete()
EndFunc   ;==>_Example_External