PlayAVIAudioOFF - Play an AVI file without the audio track

Private Declare Function mciSendString Lib "winmm" Alias "mciSendStringA" _
    (ByVal lpstrCommand As String, ByVal lpstrReturnString As String, _
    ByVal uReturnLength As Long, ByVal hwndCallback As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function mciGetErrorString Lib "winmm" Alias _
    "mciGetErrorStringA" (ByVal dwError As Long, ByVal lpstrBuffer As String, _
    ByVal uLength As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetShortPathName Lib "kernel32" Alias _
    "GetShortPathNameA" (ByVal lpszLongPath As String, _
    ByVal lpszShortPath As String, ByVal cchBuffer As Long) As Long

' Play an AVI file synchronously without the audio track.
'
' FileName is a string containing the full path of the file.

Sub PlayAVIAudioOFF(FileName As String)
    Dim RetVal As Long
    Dim CommandString As String
    Dim ShortFileName As String * 260
    Dim deviceIsOpen As Boolean

    ' Retrieve short file name format
    RetVal = GetShortPathName(FileName, ShortFileName, Len(ShortFileName))
    FileName = Left$(ShortFileName, RetVal)
    
    ' Open the device
    CommandString = "Open " & FileName & " type avivideo alias AVIFile"
    RetVal = mciSendString(CommandString, vbNullString, 0, 0&)
    If RetVal Then GoTo error
    
    ' remember that the device is now open
    deviceIsOpen = True
    
    ' Set audio OFF
    CommandString = "set AVIFile audio all off"
    RetVal = mciSendString(CommandString, vbNullString, 0, 0&)
    If RetVal Then GoTo error
    
    ' Play the file
    CommandString = "Play AVIFile wait"
    RetVal = mciSendString(CommandString, vbNullString, 0, 0&)
    If RetVal Then GoTo error
    
    ' Close the device
    CommandString = "Close AVIFile"
    RetVal = mciSendString(CommandString, vbNullString, 0, 0&)
    If RetVal Then GoTo error

    Exit Sub
    
error:
    ' An error occurred.
    ' Get the error description
    Dim ErrorString As String
    ErrorString = Space$(256)
    mciGetErrorString RetVal, ErrorString, Len(ErrorString)
    ErrorString = Left$(ErrorString, InStr(ErrorString, vbNullChar) - 1)

    ' close the device if necessary
    If deviceIsOpen Then
        CommandString = "Close AVIFile"
        mciSendString CommandString, vbNullString, 0, 0&
    End If

    ' raise a custom error, with the proper description
    Err.Raise 999, , ErrorString

End Sub