ATLMovie Attributes Sample: Uses Compiler COM Support and Active Movie Interfaces in an ATL Control

The ATLMovie attributes sample is an ATL control that demonstrates how to use compiler COM support and the Active Movie interfaces to play a movie. It implements several COM properties and methods on its IMovieCtl interface.

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Building and Running the Sample

To build and run this sample

Open the solution file ATLMovie.sln.
From the Build menu, click Build.
After the sample builds, open MovieCtl.htm in your Web browser. This will play the clock.avi file, which ships with Windows.
You may need to edit MovieCtl.htm and update the line:
MovieCtl.FileName = "C:\Winnt\Clock.AVI"
to point to the location of the Clock.AVI file on your particular system.

Properties and Methods

Properties

Name	Description
FileName	The file name of the movie to play.

Methods

Name	Description
Pause	Pause the currently playing movie.
Play	Play the movie pointed to by the FileName property.
Reset	Reset the playing position to the beginning of the movie.
Stop	Stop the movie.

Attributes

This sample uses the following attributes:

coclass, dual, emitidl, helpstring, id, in, module, object, oleautomation, pointer_default, progid, propput, registration_script, threading, uuid

Keywords

This sample uses the following keywords:

BEGIN_COM_MAP; BEGIN_MSG_MAP; BEGIN_OBJECT_MAP; BEGIN_PROPERTY_MAP; CComCoClass; CComControl; CComModule::GetClassObject; CComModule::GetLockCount; CComModule::Init; CComModule::RegisterServer; CComModule::Term; CComModule::UnregisterServer; CComObjectRootEx; COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY; COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY_IMPL; COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY_IMPL_IID; CreateBrushIndirect; CreateFilterGraph; CWindow::GetDC; DECLARE_REGISTRY_RESOURCEID; DeleteObject; DisableThreadLibraryCalls; END_COM_MAP; END_MSG_MAP; END_OBJECT_MAP; END_PROPERTY_MAP; FillRect; GetProperty; IDispatchImpl; IMediaControlPtr::Pause; IMediaControlPtr::Release; IMediaControlPtr::RenderFile; IMediaControlPtr::Run; IMediaControlPtr::Stop; IMediaPositionPtr::CurrentPosition; IMediaPositionPtr::Duration; IObjectSafetyImpl; IOleControlImpl; IOleInPlaceActiveObjectImpl; IOleInPlaceObjectWindowlessImpl; IOleInPlaceObjectWindowlessImpl::SetObjectRects; IOleObjectImpl; IPersistStorageImpl; IPersistStreamInitImpl; IProvideClassInfo2Impl; IVideoWindowPtr::CreateInstance; IVideoWindowPtr::Owner; IVideoWindowPtr::SetWindowPosition; IVideoWindowPtr::Visible ; IVideoWindowPtr::WindowStyle ; IViewObjectExImpl; MESSAGE_HANDLER; OBJECT_ENTRY; OffsetRect; OleTranslateColor; Reset; SetWindowPosition; SysFreeString

Note
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