embedMovie property

[Navarone]

I want to make my shockwave movie part of my exe, so I set my shockwave flash control's embedMovie property to true and made my exe, but the swf doesn't appear to be part of the exe.

I assume proof that the swf was embedded properly would be immediatley appearent if you could see the swf playing. It my case it is not,
what am I missing?

[RobDog888]

AFAIK, the property is not for VB to embedd it as a resource bt perhaps as a web page property. Look at my code example on playing a flash movie in vb6 with the shockwave control and see if it helps.

http://vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=328943&

[Navarone]

thats exactly what I have, well almost.

Call ShockwaveFlash1.LoadMovie(1, App.Path & "\XML_FLV_player.swf")
    ShockwaveFlash1.Movie = App.Path & "\XML_FLV_player.swf"
    Me.ShockwaveFlash1.GotoFrame (1)

I guess I was looking to include the swf as part of the exe and not have to always include the swf on a cd.

However, I use my swf as holder for playing flv's and I have yet to find a way to play a new flv without the sound of the previous flv continuing to play in the background.

I have a very simple Dir+Drive combo that lets you select an flv, that file name is then written to an XML file that the swf reads. The XML file is getting updated but the swf is not for the reason I metioned above.

I don't know of any other way to get the swf to play the flv. Any ideas?

[RobDog888]

You could add the swf as a VB resource of Custom type. Then when you run your app you can extract it to the filesystem and not have to worry about distributing it. It will be embedded in the exe itself.

[Navarone]

I am not sure how to do that. You mean like a reference object?

[RobDog888]

No, its an embedded resource file that gets compiled into the exe. You can not use the file in your program until after you extract it to disk.

Check my post on resource files.

http://vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=320041