ACTIVEX CONTROL FOR WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER version 7 AND 9

act_ive_gui_new : A graphical user interface that uses activex control with Windows
Media Player version 7 and 9.
This graphical user interface provides almost all the controls to the Windows Media
Player.
The program is an example to show how you can interface the Windows applications
with MATLAB using activex control and GUIDE.
One of the new features in this application is the playlist that shows the list of songs and
the movies which you want to play.
The song or the movie automatically jumps to other song or the movie that is there in
the list . (provided you should start by double clicking on the song or movie name)
You can start playing song or the movie either by playing the play button or by double
clicking on the song or movie name in the list.
All the objects are tooltips supported , just keep the cursor on the push buttons or the
sliders or the edit box and see what each object does .
It is recommended that you should have Either Microsoft Windows Media Player version
7 or 9 .
Before running this program set your screen size to 1024 by 768 pixels.

---------------------------------------------------------------------- CD Eject . You can

play(files from CD) . The eject button ejects the cd drive . If you push the push the
button again it will move the drive inside .
----------------------------------------------------------------------- Play Button . Plays the
song or the movie file (Note : If you use the play button to play the song or the
moviefile in the list wont jump to other song or the movie file in the List)
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pause . If you want to
come out of the pause mode press the play button.

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stop Button.

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Remove Directory or

Remove file from the list.
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Volume Button.(Its
a toggle Button)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mute Button .

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Open single File

or Multiple Files or Open Directory .Multiple Files provide you the option to selct
different files by using the Ctrl Button.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next track

Button.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Previous
Track Button

Apart from these the GUI has got two edit boxes. One of the edit box shows the
remaining time of the song or the movie.
The other edit box provides the user an option to enter how many times the song or
movie should repeat . (No .of Repetition Button) .
The media will repeat for the no of many times which you have entered in the edit box .
There are three sliders .

The change rate slider changes the rate of the song or the movie i.e makes it run in slow
motion and fast motion.
The seek Position slider allows the user to go back and forward in the song or movie.
The volume sliders controls the volume of the song or the movie .
Finally GUI has got a List Box that lists the name of the song or the movie . You can
Double click on the song or movie name displayed in the list box to start playing .
The song or the movie will jump to next one in the list automatically.(Provided you start
the media by double clicking in the list box not by pressing the start button).

Thanks to Greg Aloe , whose file uigetfiles ,I have used in the application to select
the multiple files .