Using MCI to create a video "splash screen"

[Ryan]

Hello, I have a c++ application and I would like to simply play a
short video clip (mpg file) as a splash screen when the application
first begins to execute. I seem to be having trouble so far. I
believe I can use the MCI functions by doing the following:

//code starts here//
#include "stdafx.h"
#pragma comment(lib, "vfw32.lib" )

HWND m_Player;
m_Player = MCIWndCreate(hw ndParent,AfxGet InstanceHandle( ),WS_CHILD |
WS_VISIBLE, "video.mpg" );
MCIWndPlay(m_Pl ayer);

//code ends here//

However, I'm not sure how to create the apropriate window so that I
can pass the window handle to. Can someone please post a sample of
code that would work for this? Thanks for any help you can give.
Also, feel free to email me at rw***@drexel.ed u
Thanks!
--Ryan

[Victor Bazarov]

"Ryan" <sc******@stude nt.umass.edu> wrote...

Hello, I have a c++ application and I would like to simply play a
short video clip (mpg file) [...]

This is impossible using Standard C++ (the only subject of this
newsgroup). You need to ask in a newsgroup dedicated to your
platform.