BUG: MCI Unable to Open .AVI File Using File-Interface Pointer (140750)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Platform Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.0, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0

This article was previously published under Q140750

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to use MCI to access an .avi file by using its reference pointer returned from AVIFileOpen(), the following error message occurs under Windows 95:

mmsystem 275: CANNOT FIND THE SPECIFIED FILE, MAKE SURE THE FILE AND PATHNAME ARE CORRECT"

This problem does not occur under Windows NT or Windows 3.11.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Code to Demonstrate the Problem

hrReturnVal = AVIFileOpen(&pfile,
                          "c:\\winvideo\\sample.avi",
                          OF_SHARE_DENY_WRITE,
                          0L);

if (hrReturnVal == 0)
{
     wsprintf(ach, "AVIVideo!@%ld", pfile);
     MCIWndOpen(hwndMci, ach, 0);      //Bug occurs here.
     MCIWndPlay(hwndMci);
}

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	7/11/2005
Keywords:	kbmm KB140750