MultimediaPlay (Function)

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Using the MultimediaPlay function

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MultimediaPlay (Function)

In french: MultimédiaJoue

Plays a multimedia file in a Multimedia control.

Example

MyFile is string = "C:\My music\mysong.mp3"
// For Windows Mobile:
// MyFile is string = "\My Documents\My music\mysong.mp3"
IF MultimediaPlay(MM_Multimedia1, MyFile) = False THEN
Error("Error while playing the file")
END

Syntax

<Result> = MultimediaPlay(<Multimedia control> [, <File to play>])

<Result>: Boolean

True if the file was successfully played,
False otherwise. For more details about the error, use the ErrorInfo function.

<Multimedia control>: Control name

Name of Multimedia control used to play the multimedia file.

<File to play>: Optional character string

Name and path of the multimedia file to play.
If this parameter is specified, the multimedia file is loaded in memory and played. The multimedia file is always played from the beginning.
If this parameter is not specified or if it corresponds to an empty string (""), the file associated with the control (by MultimediaOpen for example) is automatically used.

Remarks

Using the MultimediaPlay function

MultimediaPlay can be used:

to load a multimedia file in memory and to play this file.
to play a multimedia file loaded by MultimediaOpen.
to restart a file paused by MultimediaPause.
Remark: To pause the playback of a multimedia file, it must have been started via MultimediaOpen followed by MultimediaPlay, specifying only the name of the control.

Component: wd260obj.dll