Opening a video file from Borland C++ Builder

Hello,

Im trying to have a video file open when i click on a button. I can get it working by adding an .AVi file, but the file is so small you can barely see it or it says cannot open avi. The other thing i tried was system("1.avi") which opens the file in media player but only seems to work on the computer which it was compiled even though the avi is stored in the same directory as the exe.

Anybody any ideas?

Have you tried using the TMediaPlayer Component on the System tab.

Alternatively, you can also import Microsoft's Windows Media Player component into C++ Builder. To do this, do the following:

1. Close All projects (File --> Close All)
2. Go to Component-->Import Active X Control
3. In the box that pops up, scroll down to the bottom and pick "Windows Media Player" and click the Add button
4. In the Class Names list box, if it says TMediaPlayer, change it to TMediaPlayer2 (so it won't conflict with the existing TMediaPlayer component). If it says TWindowsMediaPlayer, you can leave it alone if you like
5. Click on Install
6. Now you should see it ask to rebuild dclusr.dpk. Go ahead and rebuild it.
7. You should now see the component installed on the Active-X components tab.

Now you can close this project and open your project. Then drop the component you just created, on to your form and size as needed.

thanx m8, that got it working