bstrFileName?

I'm having problems getting the media player to work in VB. The pop-up suggests that the file name is 'bstrFileName'. I've never seen this 'bstr' before a file name indicator before. Anyone have any ideas what it could be indicating?

Or for that matter does anyone know of a good way to show an .avi file. While the .avi files themselves do not have sound, I will also need a way of playing .wav files.

Any suggestions?

The code I am using is simple and straightfoward (because I am testing out the concept):

Private Sub Command1_Click()
MediaPlayer1.FileName = App.Path & "\playball"
MediaPlayer1.Play
End Sub

The Error I get is:

Run-time error '-2147467259 (80004005)':
Method 'Play' of object 'IMediaPlayer2' failed

Debug suggests that the error is in the 'MediaPlayer1.Play' command, but I don't know why, how or anything else.
:confused:

Obviously it doesn't since said string is in the code example that I gave, and I get the errror also quoted below.

But apparently it isn't in the code....

Which means I don't know what else to try.

Excuse me =). If you see bstr, give it a string, and it SHOULD work =).

I've gotten a lot of those sorts of errors with MS controls. In the end, I usually give up.

Z.

Any ideas how I would get a window on a form that will play an avi? The animation control won't work because the program I am using to build the animations apparently adds a sould element.

Please be as specific as possible.

You could try running the MS Media Player control through the ActiveX Control Test Container, and try running it's methods from there. If you get the same errors, there is a bug in your Media Player control, most likely. I'd upgrade to the newest version availible.

Z.