playing swf thru VB

[Navarone]

I have a problem with my code, at least I think the problem in my code, and I am having a hard time explaining it. I click on a file in my drop down box, in this case an file with the .flv exstention or flash video. The code uses the swf component which loads an swf which in turn plays the flv. The first time always plays correctly.

If I want to play another video and I click on my drop down box and choose the video, the new video loads and starts to play. However, if I do this while the first video is still playing I end up seeing the new video but hearing both audios from each video, It's like the first video isn't getting unloaded.

I am totally perplexed and I want to rule out that my VB code is the cause and not my swf. Can someone help?

Here is my code,

Option Explicit
 
 
Private Function CreateDOM()
    Dim dom
    Set dom = New DOMDocument30
    dom.async = False
    dom.validateOnParse = False
    dom.resolveExternals = False
    dom.preserveWhiteSpace = True
    Set CreateDOM = dom
End Function
 
'Private Sub Command1_Click()
' ShockwaveFlash1.Movie = App.Path & "\XML_FLV_player.swf"
'End Sub
 
Private Sub File1_Click()
 
    Dim dom, node, frag, cd, attr
    Dim sReplaceChar As String
    sReplaceChar = ""
           
    'On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
    Set dom = CreateDOM
    
    ' Create a processing instruction targeted for xml.
    Set node = dom.createProcessingInstruction("xml", "version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'")
    dom.appendChild node
    Set node = Nothing
    
    ' Create a comment for the document.
    Set node = dom.createComment("sample xml file created using XML DOM object.")
    dom.appendChild node
    Set node = Nothing
    
    ' Create the root element.
    Dim root
    Set root = dom.createElement("videos")
    
    ' Add the root element to the DOM instance.
    dom.appendChild root
    ' Insert a newline + tab.
    root.appendChild dom.createTextNode(vbNewLine + vbTab)
    ' Create and add more nodes to the root element just created.
    ' Create a text element.
    Set node = dom.createElement("video")
    
    'find and replace \ with / for flash
     sReplaceChar = (File1.Path & "\" & File1.FileName)
     sReplaceChar = Replace(sReplaceChar, "\", "/")
    'node.Text = "some character data"
    'node.Text = File1.Path & "/" & File1.FileName
    node.Text = sReplaceChar
    'MsgBox (node.Text)
    
    ' Add text node to the root element.
    root.appendChild node
    Set node = Nothing
      ' Add a newline plus tab.
    root.appendChild dom.createTextNode(vbNewLine + vbTab)
    
    ' Save the XML document to a file.
    dom.save App.Path + "\flv.xml"
    Set root = Nothing
    Set dom = Nothing
   
'    Unload frmhome
'    Load frmhome
'    frmhome.Show
    
       'AxShockwaveFlash1.LoadMovie(1, Application.StartupPath & "\XML_FLV_player.swf")
        'AxShockwaveFlash1.Movie = Application.StartupPath & "\XML_FLV_player.swf"
        'Me.AxShockwaveFlash1.GotoFrame (1)
        'Me.AxShockwaveFlash1.StopPlay()
        
   
    Call ShockwaveFlash1.LoadMovie(1, App.Path & "\XML_FLV_player.swf")
    ShockwaveFlash1.Movie = App.Path & "\XML_FLV_player.swf"
    Me.ShockwaveFlash1.GotoFrame (1)
    Me.ShockwaveFlash1.StopPlay
    
    frmhome.txtInfo.Text = ""
    
    'frmshockwave.Caption = frmhome.File1.FileName
    'load shockwave form
    'Unload frmshockwave
   ' Load frmshockwave
    'frmshockwave.Show
 
    Exit Sub
    
ErrorHandler:
    MsgBox Err.Description
End Sub
 
'search for flv file
Private Sub Drive1_Change()
    Dir1.Path = Drive1.Drive
End Sub
 
Private Sub Dir1_Change()
    File1.Path = Dir1.Path
    File1.Pattern = "*.flv"
End Sub
 
 
Private Sub Form_QueryUnload(Cancel As Integer, UnloadMode As Integer)
    If UnloadMode = 0 Then
            Dim Msg   ' Declare variable.
            'Set the message text.
            Msg = "Do you really want to exit?"
            'If user clicks the No button, stop QueryUnload.
            If MsgBox(Msg, vbQuestion + vbYesNo, Me.Caption) = vbYes Then
                Call closeAllForms
                'Unload frmIntro
                Cancel = False
            Else
                Cancel = True
            End If
        End If
        
End Sub
 
Private Sub ShockwaveFlash1_FSCommand(ByVal command As String, ByVal args As String)
 
    If (command = "info") Then
        'frmhome.txtInfo.Text = (args)
        frmhome.txtInfo.Text = frmhome.txtInfo.Text & args & vbNewLine
    Else
       MsgBox (args)
    End If
    
'    If (command = "video") Then
'        frmhome.txtInfo.Text = frmhome.txtInfo.Text & args & vbNewLine
'    Else
'        MsgBox (args)
'    End If
'
    
End Sub

[BillBoeBaggins]

Since no responses thus far, I guess I will take a stab at it. My guess is your flash players buffer needs to be cleared or reset. I dont see a closing or stopping of the active movie before you start a new one, your simply loading the new one.

[Harsh Gupta]

But where's the Drop down box's code?? Try

Me.ShockwaveFlash1.StopPlay

at the beginning of the DropDown box's code.

[Navarone]

Ok strictly speaking I have a Drive, DIR and File boxes. I tried the Me.Shockwave1/StopPlay, and it did not work.

So how do I close the active movie befor starting a new one?