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[lee123]

well this is the third posting on this web site for an answer...i'm trying to get a listbox to advance to the next song or movie down using a media player in visual basic 6 i have the entire code in a post listed in this form ( advancing and media player change.. seen it latley!!!) but no one will answer. is this a visual basic fourm or just a chat session for people if you people don't know anything about visual basic then direct me to a web page that can answer visual basic questions.. fair i thing it is.. why because i hardly ever get answered unless it is a simple question for you people to answer...I have been working on this project for days now and about to give up so help me!!

lee123

[jeffstl]

Check the properties of the WindowsMediaPla yer1 object you have.

Is there a "playState" property?

Maybe that is what you need to check but even then as soon as you have idle time like that with a user on a desktop app you have a problem because now you are waiting for an event.

There are two events to check for here as possible triggers

1) When some kind of property of the media player changes, you can continually loop until that property changes (Do While [STATE] = True)

2) Somehow get the length of the media being played in terms of time, and set a timer control to that interval

VB6 Timer Control

Another suggestion I would have is to step through your code carefully and try to determine what events and properties are changing whenever media is being played, that might give you hints into how you can capture an event to move it to the next item.

Lastly I would suggest patience. The forum is free after all and most of us spend our free time helping people at their own jobs, or learning experiences at the expense of our time. Especially the more complex or specifically the more obscure the problem is, the more patience you will need to have.

[lee123]

well thank you for answering my question. i will look for this on my project. it's fusteration when you face any problem like this and can't figure it out on your own. and you have tons of books that don't have subjects like windows media player in there or there events. anyway thanks.

lee123