In this chapter, you learn how to add video playback to an application.
As you have seen in the previous chapters, you can create some powerful applications with just a few parts. One thing that hasn't been shown yet is one of the most common forms of media to date--video. "A picture is worth a thousands words" couldn't be more true in today's ever changing world.
The video support in VisualAge is only limited to whatever your operating system supports. If you are running OS/2 Warp, you can play AVI files recorded with different compressions, FLC and FLI animation files, and MPEG files.