> I put his .bas file into the WinFBE_Suite\WinFBE_Suite\FreeBASIC-1.07.1-gcc-5.2\inc folder

If you have WinFBE installed, the full example, complete with a manifest and other resources is provided in the WinFBE\Sample_Projects\DShow_PlayClip subfolder.

> have you just got the bare bones of this code that just plays a vid? The main code is in the sub PlayMovieInWindow and in the processing of the WM_GRAPHNOTIFY message. In Windows we need a GUI to be able to process the WM_GRAPHNOTIFY (*) message in the callback procedure of the window. CWindow.inc...

I have one that works, but haven't posted it here because I use my own framework.
See: https://github.com/JoseRoca/WinFBX/blob ... ayClip.bas

> No variable on next statement

FreeBasic does not use a variable in the next statement. That is an obsolete syntax. It won't complain if you put one, but it is ignored.

If you're using WinFBE, you already have my WinFBX framework with it, so maybe you will find useful to look at the CVAR class. See: https://github.com/JoseRoca/WinFBX/blob/master/docs/COM/CVAR%20Class.md It is easy to use, e.g. '#CONSOLE ON #INCLUDE ONCE "Afx/CVar.inc" USING Afx DIM s AS S...

My next step will be to find the CLSID of WASAPI and try to figure out how to run its functions, now that the COM link is done! I'll try and post feedback then. Thanks again :) WASAPI has not a CLSID. WASAPI consists of several interfaces. The first of these is the IAudioClient interface. To access...

Please note that I'm using a low-level interface and a free registration technique. If you want to mess with registration, dual interfaces, type libraries, etc., it is up to you.

Test for the above example: '#CONSOLE ON #define UNICODE #INCLUDE ONCE "windows.bi" #include once "win/ocidl.bi" '#include once "Afx/AfxCOM.inc" DECLARE FUNCTION AfxSafeRelease (BYREF pv AS ANY PTR) AS ULONG DECLARE FUNCTION AfxNewCom OVERLOAD (BYREF wszLibName AS CONST...

Template for a COM server: ' // Free Basic source code to a simple COM object, compiled into an ordinary ' // dynamic link library (DLL). #include once "windows.bi" #include once "win/ocidl.bi" ' Things to change: ' - The name of the interface ' - CLSID and IID of the inteface ' ...

My wrappers for Windows common controls follow the naming style of the ones provided in windowsx.bi and commctrl.bi. I have provided additional ones in AfxCtl.inc. Documentation of the macros provided by the Windows headers: windowsx: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/windowsx/ comm...

@David You should be grateful for having the "Button_xxx" wrappers. Otherwise, you will have to use DeleteObject(cast(HGDIOBJ, SendMessage(GetDlgItem(hwnd, ID_Top), BM_SETIMAGE, cast(WPARAM, IMAGE_BITMAP), cast(LPARAM, hbmp)))) I was afraid to post it :) Frankly, CONTROL ADD IMGBUTTON is s...

SDK guys have better techniques that killing everybody :) This should work: DIM hBmp AS HBITMAP IF Topmost THEN hBmp = LoadBitmap(GetModuleHandle(NULL), MAKEINTRESOURCE(102)) ELSE hBmp = LoadBitmap(GetModuleHandle(NULL), MAKEINTRESOURCE(101)) END IF IF hBmp THEN DIM hButton AS HWND = GetDlgItem(hwnd...

He wanted to print it as an UInteger.

Otherwise, you can do

Print -&hFFFFFFFF ' Prints 1

And how is going the compiler to know that you want it to be cast as UInteger if you don't tell it?

Use Print &hFFFFFFFFull

ull is the UInteger suffix.

I found the source of the warning in WinFBX includes. The AfxWin.inc and CSafeArray.inc code both contain a call to strstr with an "ANY PTR" and a ZSTRING argument instead of the expected const char *. The FB headers use ztring: #undef strstr declare function strstr (byval as const zstrin...