Powerpoint: playing videos in a selected window

[Sabine]

System background: Office 2003 / Powerpoint 2003
VBA coding
video file: avi

Hello,

currently I am trying to get a video output in a window or object within a
presentation of my choice.
I am controlling the MCI via VBA and WinAPI.
It only opens a new window, but I cannot get it to re-direct the output of
the video into a window I specify.
I am now sure how to handle this - I try to use "hwnd" but I don't get it to
work.

Can you please give me a hint / advise?
Many Thanx in advance!

Here's the code I'm currently using:

Private Sub OpenVideoDevice()

Dim lngRet As Long

Dim mop As MCI_OPEN_PARMS

Dim mow As MCI_OVLY_WINDOW_PARMS

Dim lngFlags As Long

Dim hwnd As Long

'Setze den Geraetetypen: Videoplayer

mop.strDeviceType = "avivideo"

'Oeffnen des Videoplayers

lngRet = mciSendCommand(0&, MCI_OPEN, MCI_OPEN_TYPE, mop)



lngFlags = MCI_OVLY_WINDOW_HWND



hwnd = GetActiveWindow

' Set the window handle

mow.hwnd = hwnd



Debug.Print hwnd

' Issue the MCI_WINDOW command

lngRet = mciSendCommand(0&, MCI_WINDOW, lngFlags, mow)

Call PlayVideo("e:\Legofilm.avi") 'Uebergabe des Videofiles

End Sub





Sub PlayVideo(strFile As String)

Dim strCommand As String

Dim strRet As String

Dim lngBytes As Long

Dim lngRet As Long



'Oeffnen des Videofiles

strCommand = "open " & strFile & " alias vid"

strRet = Space(255) '255 Leerzeichen

lngRet = mciSendString(strCommand, strRet, lngBytes, 0&)


'Bei Erfolg abspielen

If lngRet = 0 Then

strCommand = "play vid"

strRet = Space(255)

lngRet = mciSendString(strCommand, strRet, lngBytes, 0&)

End If

End Sub