Windows Media Player 11 SDK IWMPControls.playItem (VB and C#) 

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IWMPControls.playItem (VB and C#)

The playItem method plays the specified media item.

Parameters

pIWMPMedia

A WMPLib.IWMPMedia interface to the media item.

Return Value

This method does not return a value.

Remarks

The media item will load and play automatically, regardless of the value of the IWMPSettings.autoStart property. To load an item without playing it automatically, set IWMPSettings.autoStart to false and assign a value to AxWindowsMediaPlayer*.*URL, after which IWMPControls.play can be called to start playing the item.

Note   playItem works only with items in AxWindowsMediaPlayer*.*currentPlaylist. Calling playItem with a reference to a saved media item is not supported.

Example Code

The following example uses playItem to play a media item from the current playlist. The item to play is chosen based upon its position in the playlist. The AxWMPLib.AxWindowsMediaPlayer object is represented by the variable named player.

  

' Declare a variable to hold the position of the media item 
' in the current playlist. An arbitrary value is supplied here.
Dim index As Integer = 3

' Get the media item at the fourth position in the current playlist.
Dim Media As WMPLib.IWMPMedia = player.currentPlaylist.Item(index)

' Play the media item.
player.Ctlcontrols.playItem(Media)

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// Declare a variable to hold the position of the media item 
// in the current playlist. An arbitrary value is supplied here.
int index = 3;

// Get the media item at the fourth position in the current playlist.
WMPLib.IWMPMedia media = player.currentPlaylist.get_Item(index);

// Play the media item.
player.Ctlcontrols.playItem(media);

Requirements

Version: Windows Media Player 9 Series or later

Namespace: WMPLib

Assembly: Interop.WMPLib.dll (automatically generated by Visual Studio)

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