Play a movie...

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Jim Orson

Hello,
I have a household inventory database (Access 2007 accdb). In my main form,
I would like to click a button to select a WMV movie file from a drop down
list and have the move run in whatever application the user has registered
to WMV movie files. IOW, selecting a movie in the drop down list would be
equivalent to double clicking the corresponding file in a file manager. The
movies are NOT associated with any particular record and the list of movies
should be the same for any record that happens to have the focus on the
form. How would I accomplish this. I am not a professional programmer...
Thanks!
Jim...
 
Linq Adams via AccessMonster.com said:
You say this is a household inventory database and that the films have no
relationship to any record, so the first question that comes to my mind is
***why*** would you want to do this?
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Thanks for your interest Linq. Each record in the db is for a specific item
or small group of related items whereas each movie is a video/audio tour
through a part of the house. It is not necessary to view an entire movie in
order to examine a single record. Any ideas how to accomplish what I
initially described?
 
Arvin, it looks like this code applies to sound files, not WMV video files.
Thanks for your suggestion. Any other ideas? Jim...
 
Arvin, I have no idea where to put this code or how to use it. However I
have devised a way to do what I want to do that is within my pay grade. I
do thank you very much for taking time to respond.
 
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