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QTW 76 - Using QTW with 32-bit Visual Basic (15-Feb-96)
Q We are starting development on a major 32-bit Visual Basic project which will
have QuickTime video. We have QuickTime for Windows 2.1 but are unsure how to
access it. Is a 32-bit OCX planned like the QTMOVIE.VBX control that works with
Visual Basic 3.0?
A You can access QuickTime for Windows from 32-bit Visual Basic via the
Multimedia Control Interface (MCI). To install an MCI driver that Windows 95
will recognize, you need to run the 16-bit QTW 2.1 installer (qtinstal.exe).
The QTW MCI driver is type QTWVIDEO and accepts all VfW commands/strings as
well as some extras. See the self-viewing soft-doc, MCI.EXE, on the QT 2.0 SDK
in directory \windows\qtw_201\setup\doc for complete interface details.
Apple has no plans at this time to develop a 32-bit OCX for QuickTime for
Windows.
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