Programatically open WMM with clips,timeline

[Guest]

Is there a way to programatically open WMM with a set of clips and a
timeline? Through something like OLE Automation or a project file passed as
a parameter to WMM? For example, I have several clips that come from
different .avi files. From my .net app, I'd like to open WMM with these
clips already imported and on the timeline (and not the entire .avi file).
Then my users could use WMM to add transitions, etc. If the project files
were XML I could create a project file, but it looks like those are binary.

This must be on Windows XP, so the new Windows Vista SDK isn't useful to me.

 

[Rehan]

The underlying technology WMM uses is available for other apps to use as
well: DirectShow Editing Services
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/ms786510.aspx

 

[Guest]

True, I could develop most of the WMM functionality myself with Directshow,
but I'd rather not develop an entire interface. It would be nice for users
to use the already developed WMM. Either my users would already be used to
using WMM or I would expose them to WMM and they could use WMM for their own
home-movie type projects.

I'm assuming from your reply that the answer to my question is 'no'. There
is no way to automate WMM from another application?

 

[Rehan]

Yes the answer as far as I know is No. MM does not expose OLE Automation
interfaces.

 

[Guest]

I'm also assuming that the MSWMM file is a proprietary format? Any chance
the file format is published?

Thanks,
James

 

[Rehan]

No, it is not published.