17.13. Windows Media Player
The Windows Media Player control enables an application to play video and sound in many multimedia formats. These include MPEG (Motion Pictures Experts Group) audio and video, AVI (audio-video interleave) video, WAV (Windows wave-file format) audio and MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) audio. Users can find pre-existing audio and video on the Internet, or they can create their own files, using available sound and graphics packages.
The application in Fig. 17.27 demonstrates the Windows Media Player control. To use this control, you must add the control to the Toolbox. First select Tools > Choose Toolbox Items... to display the Choose Toolbox Items dialog. Click the COM components tab, then scroll down and ...
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