ACC2000: Movie Control Plays in Design View of Data Access Page

ID: Q202369

The information in this article applies to:
Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and a Microsoft Access project (.adp).


SYMPTOMS

A movie control plays the video file while you are in Design view of a data access page.


CAUSE

The video file starts playing each time that you insert a video file using the Insert Video dialog box, change the Dynsrc property, or switch to Design view of the page.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.


MORE INFORMATION

A video will play the number of times specified in the Loop property of the movie control. You cannot avoid this problem by setting the Loop property to zero (0) or to nothing.

Steps to Reproduce Problem

  1. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.


  2. In the Database window, click Pages under Objects, and then click New.


  3. In the New Data Access Page dialog box, click Design View, and then click OK.


  4. In the toolbox, select the Movie control.


  5. Drop a Movie control on to the design of the page.


  6. In the Insert Video dialog box, select a video file, and then click Insert.

    Note that the movie starts playing.


  7. On the View menu, click Page View.


  8. On the View menu, click Design View.

    Note that the movie starts playing again.


Additional query words: DAP pra avi mov mpg asf 


Keywords          : kbdta AccDAP DAPProb 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: July 8, 1999