Visual C++ and MFC Programming 2nd Edition

Chapter 16: Text-Based Controls Visual C++ and MFC Fundamentals

4. Add a (Control) variable for the Animator control and name it m_Animator

15.2.3..Animation Methods.............................................................................

The Animator control is based on the CAnimatorCtrl class. Therefore, if you want to

programmatically create an animation, you must first declare a variable of type, or a

pointer to, CAnimationCtrl. You can do this in the view or the dialog class. After

declaring the variable or pointer, to initialize the object, call its Create() method. Here is

an example:

class CControlsDlg : public CDialog

{

// Construction

public:

CControlsDlg(CWnd* pParent = NULL); // standard constructor

~CControlsDlg();

...

private:

CAnimateCtrl *Player;

};

CControlsDlg::CControlsDlg(CWnd* pParent /*=NULL*/)

: CDialog(CControlsDlg::IDD, pParent)

{

//{{AFX_DATA_INIT(CControlsDlg)

// NOTE: the ClassWizard will add member initialization here

//}}AFX_DATA_INIT

Player = new CAnimateCtrl;

}

CControlsDlg::~CControlsDlg()

{

delete Player;

}

...

BOOL CControlsDlg::OnInitDialog()

{

CDialog::OnInitDialog();

// TODO: Add extra initialization here

RECT Recto = { 5, 5, 360, 360 };

Player->Create(WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE |

ACS_TRANSPARENT | ACS_AUTOPLAY,

Recto, this, 0x1884);

return TRUE; // return TRUE unless you set the focus to a control

// EXCEPTION: OCX Property Pages should return FALSE

}

After creating the control, you must provide a video to play. This is done by opening a

video file using the CAnimateCtrl::Open() method. It is overloaded with two versions

as follows: