setup.exe opening page graphic

[Corinna Vinschen]

Hi Warren,

On Aug 23 16:14, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Aug 22 12:36, Warren Young wrote:
> > Given that, I'd still prefer that someone decide to take on the
> > DirectShow challenge.  I don't think it would be much harder than
> > getting a GIF animation to show in setup.exe using only the Windows
> > API; I think you'd have to embed IE, which is also a COMmy mess.
> 
> Not me, sorry.  I found a way to show a .avi file or a AVI resource in 
> the dialog, it's just a couple of lines of code:
> 
>   HWND anim = Animate_Create (GetHWND (), IDC_AVI_CTRL,
>                               WS_BORDER | WS_CHILD, GetModuleHandle (NULL));
>   RECT rc;
>   GetWindowRect (GetDlgItem (GetHWND (), IDC_AVI_BOX), &rc);
>   POINT pt = { x: rc.left, y: rc.top };
>   ScreenToClient (GetHWND (), &pt);
>   SetWindowPos (anim, 0, pt.x, pt.y, 150, 260, SWP_NOZORDER | SWP_DRAWFRAME);
>   if (Animate_Open (anim, MAKEINTRESOURCE (IDV_ANIM_AVI)))
>     {
>       ShowWindow (anim, SW_SHOW);
>       Animate_Play (anim, 0, -1, 1);
>     }
>  
> But there are two problems:
> 
> - For some reason it works fine to run some MSFT-provided AVI, but
>   Animate_Open fails for the avi file you sent to this list a few
>   days ago.
> 
> - The AVI resource is twice as big as the rest of setup.exe.
> 
> So I'd still love to see a still with a beveled, less glossy C, if
> that's ok with you...

did you have a chance to look into that?


Thanks,
Corinna

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