How to Play a .AVI Video File in Full Screen in Word

 Last reviewed: February 5, 1998
Article ID: Q146901
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
  • Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0

SUMMARY

This article provides a sample WordBasic macro that plays an AVI file before it processes the next line of code.

NOTE: Your computer must be able to play AVI files for this macro to work.

Using Microsoft Windows 95 and Word 7.0

Declare Function mciSendStringA Lib "winmm"  (lpstrCommand$,
lpstrReturnString$, wReturnLength As Long, hWndCallback As Long) As Long 

Sub MAIN
   cmdStr$ = "play c:\snwboard.avi fullscreen"
   mciSendStringA(cmdStr$, "", 0, 0)
End Sub

Using Microsoft Windows version 3.1

Declare Function mciSendString Lib "mmsystem.dll"  (lpstrCommand$,
lpstrReturnString$, wReturnLength As Integer, hWndCallback As Integer) As Integer 

Sub MAIN
   cmdStr$ = "play c:\snwboard.avi fullscreen"
   mciSendString(cmdStr$, "", 0, 0)
End Sub
WARNING: ANY USE BY YOU OF THE CODE PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. Microsoft provides this macro code "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q104123
   TITLE     : VB 3: How to Play an .AVI Video File in Full Screen

   ARTICLE-ID: Q89316
   TITLE     : Word: How to Play a .WAV Sound File from Word for Windows

KBCategory: kbusage
KBSubcategory: kbmacro
Additional query words: 7.0 6.0 6.0a 6.0c winword ntword word95
word7 audio-visual audio visual movie
Keywords : kbmacro
Version : 6.0 6.0a 6.0c 7.0
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: February 5, 1998
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