Animation Control Example

To create an Animation control specify ANIMATE_CLASS as the window class or use the API function Animate_Create. To register the class set the ICC_ANIMATE_CLASS flag for the dwICC member of the INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX structure.

Download and copy the filecopy.avi file in the main directory of the visual studio projectory

#include <windows.h>
#include <commctrl.h>

#pragma comment(lib,"comctl32.lib")
#define ID_ANIMATE 1
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM);
static HWND hwndAnim = NULL;

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
                   HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
                   LPSTR lpCmdLine,
                   int nCmdShow)
{
    WNDCLASSEX wc;
    MSG msg;
    wc.cbSize        = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
    wc.style         = 0;
    wc.lpfnWndProc   = WndProc;
    wc.cbClsExtra    = 0;
    wc.cbWndExtra    = 0;
    wc.hInstance     = hInstance;
    wc.hIcon         = LoadIcon(NULL,IDI_APPLICATION);
    wc.hCursor       = LoadCursor(NULL,IDC_ARROW);
    wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)(COLOR_BACKGROUND + 1);
    wc.lpszMenuName  = NULL;
    wc.lpszClassName = TEXT("myWindowClass");
    wc.hIconSm       = LoadIcon(NULL,IDI_APPLICATION);

    RegisterClassEx(&wc);

    CreateWindowEx(
        WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE,
        TEXT("myWindowClass"),
        TEXT("Animation Control"),
        WS_VISIBLE | WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,
        CW_USEDEFAULT,
        CW_USEDEFAULT,
        340,
        150,
        NULL,
        NULL,
        hInstance,
        NULL);

    while(GetMessage(&msg,NULL,0,0)>0)
    {
        TranslateMessage(&msg);
        DispatchMessage(&msg);
    }
    return msg.wParam;
}



LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd,
                         UINT msg,
                         WPARAM wParam,
                         LPARAM lParam)
{
    switch(msg)
    {

    case WM_CREATE:
    {
        INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX icex;
        // Load animation common control
        icex.dwSize = sizeof(INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX);
        icex.dwICC  = ICC_ANIMATE_CLASS;
        InitCommonControlsEx(&icex);

       // Create animation control
        hwndAnim = CreateWindow(
                    ANIMATE_CLASS,
                    NULL,
                    WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | ACS_TRANSPARENT,
                    30,
                    20,
                    100,
                    60,
                    hwnd,
                    (HMENU)ID_ANIMATE,
                    ((LPCREATESTRUCT)lParam)->hInstance,
                    NULL);

        // Open AVI animation file

        Animate_Open(
            hwndAnim,
            TEXT("file copy.avi"));
            
        // Play continuously
        Animate_Play(
            hwndAnim,
            0,
            -1,
            1);
        break;
    }



    case WM_CLOSE:

        if(hwndAnim)
        {
            Animate_Stop(hwndAnim);
            Animate_Close(hwndAnim);
        }

        DestroyWindow(hwnd);
        break;



    case WM_DESTROY:
        PostQuitMessage(0);
        break;
    default:
        return DefWindowProc(hwnd,msg,wParam,lParam);
    }
    return 0;
    }