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Herr Ball
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Hey All
I have a embedded PC on my robot with a screen. I have tried to use the "Exec" command to get a movie to play on the screen through Windows Media Player.
Exec("C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player.exe", "D:\Movies\movie.wmv") (The movie.wmv is on the D: drive of the system.)
Error: "The system cannot find the file specified"
I am sure the file call is correct, so it got me thinking can it call up the media player to play a movie?
Herr
If WMV files are associated with WMP I assume Exec"("D:\Movies\movie.wmv") would work?
In fact, I know it would. I just tested it executing an MP3 and up pops WMP with the MP3 :). The same would work for any file extension association.
HAH
Finally found my problem.
From: Exec("C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player.exe", "D:\Movies\movie.wmv")
I should have had: Exec("C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe", "D:\Movies\movie.wmv")
After missing the wmplayer.exe came back to post, then REREAD your post I see all that was needed was the shorter version.
Exec("D:\Movies\movie.wmv")
Live and learn.
Thanks for the help Rich.
Your way is the better way. If your WMV is ever not associated with WMP it could confuse Windows, and that's never a good thing (or difficult).