Can I get Turing to close the Avi File

[tristanbryce7]

I have a question, After i get turing to open my desired avi, is there any way i can also get it to close the Run Windows after its done playing
So my "splash.avi" is 54 seconds, after 54 seconds, can i get Turing to close the video (which, for me, runs on WMP) without the user having to close it or is it not possible?

Turing:

if Sys.Exec ("splash.avi") then     put "" .. else     put "Please ensure that you have a program that can execute 'avi' and 'wmv' files,"     put "or ensure that the video and program are in the same location!" end if

[Tony]

Sys.Exec just executes command-line commands. In this case, your OS figures that it should open the file with the default program. If you are being more explicit about the program that should be used, then you can pass it other arguments to change the behavior. In case of WMP, you probably want

Quote:

/play /close

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/241422

[tristanbryce7]

Thanks! But where within the program would I write the "/play /close "

[Tony]

See the linked documentation article for an example

[tristanbryce7]

I did, I didnt understand it however, I'm not that good at computer programming, and didnt understand how to put it into turing, so I was hoping you could help

[Tony]

the current command you are using is

code:

if Sys.Exec ("splash.avi") then

but you'd want to be more explicit with what program should run that file, so

code:

if Sys.Exec ("Mplayer2.exe splash.avi") then

at which point you can also specify

code:

if Sys.Exec ("Mplayer2.exe /play /close splash.avi") then

Although you might run into problems with PATH, that is, figuring out where exactly WMP and where the video files are location, in relation to where the program is running from. You might need to use full paths instead.

[tristanbryce7]

Yea . I attempted that line of code you gave me, but what happened was that the porgram opened WMP, but not the "splash.avi" , so how do I utilise full Paths as I havent heard of those yet lol