Addressing / Using videos stored in the XML / Media subfolder

[VenturSum]

Team,

I have a video that I want to play using MS Media Player within an Excel form.

Normally, the videos URL is a website like youtube.com.
I would like to store the video in the XML //XL/Media/ folder.

How would I address the file in the //XL/Media folder in the URL filed?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,

John Orlando

 

[ranman256]

Opennative app will open any file in its app: .xls will open in excel, .mov will open in the assigned player, etc
save this code into a module, then usage is:

OpenNativeApp Cell(r,c)

where the cell is the path to the video, either web link, or path on a server.
if a web link, it will open the default web browser
if a server path, it will open in the default player

Option Explicit

#If Win64 Then
  'Declare PtrSafe Sub...
    Declare PtrSafe Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal lpszOp As String, ByVal lpszFile As String, ByVal lpszParams As String, ByVal lpszDir As String, ByVal FsShowCmd As Long) As Long
    Declare PtrSafe Function GetDesktopWindow Lib "user32" () As Long
#Else
   Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal lpszOp As String, ByVal lpszFile As String, ByVal lpszParams As String, ByVal lpszDir As String, ByVal FsShowCmd As Long) As Long
   Private Declare Function GetDesktopWindow Lib "user32" () As Long
#End If

Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1
Const SE_ERR_FNF = 2&
Const SE_ERR_PNF = 3&
Const SE_ERR_ACCESSDENIED = 5&
Const SE_ERR_OOM = 8&
Const SE_ERR_DLLNOTFOUND = 32&
Const SE_ERR_SHARE = 26&
Const SE_ERR_ASSOCINCOMPLETE = 27&
Const SE_ERR_DDETIMEOUT = 28&
Const SE_ERR_DDEFAIL = 29&
Const SE_ERR_DDEBUSY = 30&
Const SE_ERR_NOASSOC = 31&
Const ERROR_BAD_FORMAT = 11&




Public Sub OpenNativeApp(ByVal psDocName As String)
Dim r As Long, Msg As String

r = StartDoc(psDocName)
If r <= 32 Then
    'There was an error
    Select Case r
        Case SE_ERR_FNF
            Msg = "File not found"
        Case SE_ERR_PNF
            Msg = "Path not found"
        Case SE_ERR_ACCESSDENIED
            Msg = "Access denied"
        Case SE_ERR_OOM
            Msg = "Out of memory"
        Case SE_ERR_DLLNOTFOUND
            Msg = "DLL not found"
        Case SE_ERR_SHARE
            Msg = "A sharing violation occurred"
        Case SE_ERR_ASSOCINCOMPLETE
            Msg = "Incomplete or invalid file association"
        Case SE_ERR_DDETIMEOUT
            Msg = "DDE Time out"
        Case SE_ERR_DDEFAIL
            Msg = "DDE transaction failed"
        Case SE_ERR_DDEBUSY
            Msg = "DDE busy"
        Case SE_ERR_NOASSOC
            Msg = "No association for file extension"
        Case ERROR_BAD_FORMAT
            Msg = "Invalid EXE file or error in EXE image"
        Case Else
            Msg = "Unknown error"
    End Select
'    MsgBox msg
End If
End Sub

Private Function StartDoc(psDocName As String) As Long
Dim Scr_hDC As Long

Scr_hDC = GetDesktopWindow()
StartDoc = ShellExecute(Scr_hDC, "Open", psDocName, "", "C:\", SW_SHOWNORMAL)
End Function