Video in forms

[Fredrik E. Nilsen]

I'm creating a database with a signlanguage dictionary. All the words
are in a single table and I use a simple form to present the data. In
each record I would like to play a video of the related sign
automatically when i go to that record. The video should be played in
the form itself, not in an external player. Any suggestions? I'm not
an experienced programmer so keep it simple please.

 

[Naresh Nichani MVP]

Hi:

To display video you would need to use a special ActieX control on form and
program it to run the video. A better idea it to place a hyperlink to the
video file and let Windows run the video. Place the full path to the Video
in a field in table -- put it in URL format like
file:\\C:\Windows\LearnABC.avi. Then in form place a button and put code on
click event like this
Application.FollowHyperlink Me.VideoFile, , True

Here I assume the field VideoFile has the path to the video file.

Regards,

Naresh Nichani
Microsoft Access MVP