IWMSServer.get_FileType (C#)

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IWMSServer.get_FileType (C#)

The FileType property retrieves the type of a content file identified by a specific path.

Syntax

  WMS_FILE_TYPE
  
  =
  
  Server
  .get_FileType(
  
  string
  
    path
  
  );

Parameters

path

[in] string containing the path.

Property Value

A member of a WMS_FILE_TYPE enumeration type. This must be one of the following values.

Value Description
WMS_FILE_DIRECTORY The item is a directory.
WMS_FILE_MEDIA The item is a digital media file.
WMS_FILE_PLAYLIST The item is a playlist.
WMS_FILE_STREAM_FORMAT The item is a stream format file.
WMS_FILE_UNSPECIFIED The file type is either unknown or unspecified.

If this property fails, it throws an exception.

Number Description
0x8007000E There is insufficient memory to complete the function.

Remarks

This property is read-only.

This method requires the Network Service account to have read and browse access to the specified path.

Example Code

using Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.Interop;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;









    // Retrieve the file type for the specified file.
    strText = "c:\\wmpub\\wmroot\\welcome1.asf";
    WMS_FILE_TYPE ftType; 
    ftType = Server.get_FileType(strText);

Requirements

Reference: Add a reference to Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.

Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.Interop.

Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.dll.

Library: WMSServerTypeLib.dll.

Platform: Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Server 2008 family.

See Also

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