Is there any way to play (embed) a swg (Macromedia file) in a form?

[rewdee]

For all you multimedia gurus.

Is there any way to play (embed) a swg (Macromedia file) in a form? Is it possible to use a TPicture component?

Thanks,
rewdee

 

[svanels]

I am no multi-media guru, but a lot of these programs come installed like ActiveX controls on your computer.

Goto components --> import activeX Control and search for
ShockWave ActiveX Control or Shockwave Flash, press Install and delphi will put a component on your ActiveX tab.

I did something similar with Autocad Whip to embed drawing files in my applications, so I think it must be something like that. Steven van Els
SAvanEls@cq-link.sr

 

[Oppenhiemer]

If i may suggest using the following method (I used it myself with good results.)

1. Create an HTML page, design it and insert SWF file

2. Save file.
3. Use the Webbrowser component on your form (insert it on form where you want SWF to appear)
4. At runtime, use the navigate method on the component to initialise your web page.

This way you keep to generic Delphi comonents. The user must have IE installed for the Webbrowser to function, but as it ships with every copy of Windows (see recent MS anti-trust court case ;-)) - I see no problem there.

Opp.