Play 2nd SWF

[dagelmyster]

I am having no trouble playing a swf file in VB but how can a play a second SWF file AFTER the first has finished? How do I know when the first file is done playing? Tried 'isplaying' method in a while loop but can't get it to work.

Thanks for any help!

[kleinma]

the shockwave flash player control doesn't really give you a ton of control over what is going on.

One thing you could try, is to add a timer to your form, and check the CurrentFrame value to see if it is equal to the TotalFrames value, and if it is, that is an indication the video has finished running and you can load the next one.

[dagelmyster]

I've tried variations of this, with no success:

FLVPlayer.FlashMethod_Play()
FLVPlayer.Show()
IsPlayingTimer.Enabled = True
Do While IsPlayingTimer.Enabled = True
   Application.DoEvents()
Loop
MsgBox("DONE")
 
Private Sub IsPlayingTimer_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles IsPlayingTimer.Tick
    If FLVPlayer.FlashMethod_CurrentFrame = FLVPlayer.FlashProperty_TotalFrames Then
         IsPlayingTimer.Enabled = False
    End If
End Sub

The movie is playing fine but the msgbox isn't popping up at the end... Any ideas?

Thanks alot for your help!

[dagelmyster]

Actually, I just found out that my 'movie' is only 1 frame so counting frames won't work. Is there a way to use the methods 'playing' or isplaying'?

Thanks

[kleinma]

Isn't it just a picture then, if its only 1 frame?

[dagelmyster]

Sorry, I should have been more specific. I'm using a flash player control that allows me to play an .flv or .swf. The swfs use frames but I just realized that the flv video is only on one frame when it plays. It uses all of the same methods and functions as a normal swf. I've tried using a timer to check 'isplaying' method but don't think I'm doing it properly.

Thanks again.