wmp in form

[Graham]

I have a wmp object in my form. Is it possible to place a textbox
over top of the wmp object. Everytime I try to do it as soon as wmp
starts playing it covers the textbox. I have set the textbox to be
the top object and have tried setting zorder(0) on the textbox and
zorder(1) to the wmp object. What I am trying to do is overlay the
video with a transprent textbox.

Thanks in advance

[Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]]

On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:23:54 -0700 (PDT), Graham

Post by Graham
I have a wmp object in my form. Is it possible to place a textbox
over top of the wmp object. Everytime I try to do it as soon as wmp
starts playing it covers the textbox. I have set the textbox to be
the top object and have tried setting zorder(0) on the textbox and
zorder(1) to the wmp object. What I am trying to do is overlay the
video with a transprent textbox.

Inside your object tags, place the followig parameter :

<param name="windowlessVideo" value="true" />

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd564092.aspx and this
page http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd563990.aspx for
embedding parameter values you can use.

The equivalent parameter for Flash player (for HTML/CSS markup
comparisons) is wmode="transparent"

HTH
Cheers - Neil
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[Graham]

Thanks Neil

[Graham]

To add to the problem I changed the properties on the form to
windowless video=.t. (2 players one hidden behind the other so I can
control the fade in and out). Now to show the video after I play the
file I have to setfocus to each control otherwise there is no video
displayed. Seems like a wierd behaviour.

Post by Graham
Thanks Neil