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ACM_PLAY (Compact 2013)

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3/28/2014

This message plays an AVI clip in an animation control. You can send this message explicitly or by using the Animate_Play macro.

Syntax

lResult = SendMessage(
   (HWND) hWndControl,
   (UINT) ACM_PLAY,
   (WPARAM) wParam,   // = (WPARAM) (UINT) cRepeat
   (LPARAM) lParam   // = (LPARAM) MAKELONG(wFrom, wTo)
);

Parameters

  • cRepeat
    Number of times to replay the AVI clip. A value of -1 means replay the clip indefinitely.
  • wFrom
    Zero-based index of the frame where playing begins. The value must be less than 65,536. A value of zero means begin with the first frame in the AVI clip.
  • wTo
    Zero-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 AVI clip.

Return Value

Returns nonzero if successful, or zero otherwise.

Remarks

You can use Animate_Seek to direct the animation control to display a particular frame of the AVI clip.

Requirements

Header

commctrl.h

See Also

Reference

Animation Controls Messages