BUG: MCI Unable to Open .AVI File Using File-Interface Pointer

ID: Q140750

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK), version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to use MCI to access an .avi file by using its reference pointer returned from AVIFileOpen(), the following error message occurs under Windows 95:

mmsystem 275: CANNOT FIND THE SPECIFIED FILE, MAKE SURE THE FILE AND PATHNAME ARE CORRECT"

This problem does not occur under Windows NT or Windows 3.11.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Code to Demonstrate the Problem


hrReturnVal = AVIFileOpen(&pfile,
                          "c:\\winvideo\\sample.avi",
                          OF_SHARE_DENY_WRITE,
                          0L);

if (hrReturnVal == 0)
{
     wsprintf(ach, "AVIVideo!@%ld", pfile);
     MCIWndOpen(hwndMci, ach, 0);      //Bug occurs here.
     MCIWndPlay(hwndMci);
}

Additional query words: 4.00 file-interface stream-interface pointer


Keywords          : kbmm MMVideo 
Version           : 4.00
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        :

Last Reviewed: March 6, 1999