Using ltmmPlayCtrl for Simple Playback (Delphi 6.0)

The ltmmPlayCtrl object allows the user to playback multimedia files. Using the following steps:

1.

Start Delphi 6.

2.

If you didn’t install LEAD Multi-Media controls before, install them.

On the Component pull-down menu, use the Import ActiveX Control… and select the LEAD Multi-Media Library (14), and Press install, and then compile and install the package dclusr.dpk.

3.

From the ActiveX controls tab; add the ltmmPlayCtrl to your form. Size and position the control, as you want it to appear at run time.

4.

Add a button control to your form, and name it as follows:

 

Name

Caption

 

btnPlay

Play

5.

Handle the Form1 OnCreate event, and code FormCreate procedure as follows:

procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject); 
 begin
             // Set the Source File
    ltmmPlayCtrl1.SourceFile:= 'c:\source.avi'; 
 end; 

6.

Handle the btnPlay OnClick event, and code btnPlayClick procedure as follows:

procedure TForm1.btnPlayClick(Sender: TObject); 
begin
  ltmmPlayCtrl1.Run ( ); 
 end;

7.

Run your program to test it.