OFF97: "Invalid Dynamic Call" Error Starting Camcorder

 Last reviewed: October 14, 1997
Article ID: Q175045
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Office 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When trying to start Microsoft Camcorder, the following error message may appear: 

   This program has made an invalid dynamic call to a dll.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because some video display drivers that are written for Microsoft Windows 3.1 add support for Display Control Interface (DCI) support; this conflicts with DCI support that is provided by Microsoft Windows 95.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

DCI allows Video for Windows to provide faster and smoother playback of video on video adapters that use the S3, Cirrus Logic, or any one of several other chip sets. Video for Windows now supports all DCI-enabled video adapters. The performance of stretched and clipped videos is also improved for all video adapters.

For information about this problem with Audio Video Interleaved (.avi) files, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Cannot Play .avi Files with Number 9 Video Card
   TITLE     : Q137051

Additional query words: XL97 OFF97
Keywords : offgpf kberrmsg
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug

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Last reviewed: October 14, 1997
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