Windows Media Player 11 SDK MediaCollection.getByAuthor 

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MediaCollection.getByAuthor

The getByAuthor method retrieves a playlist of the media items by the specified author.

Syntax

Parameters

author

String containing the name of the author.

Return Values

This method returns a Playlist object.

Remarks

To use this method, read access to the library is required. For more information, see Library Access.

Example Code

The following JScript example uses MediaCollection.getByAuthor to retrieve a playlist of media items. The playlist contains items matching the author specified by the user in an HTML TEXT input element named GetAuthor. The Player object was created with ID = "Player".

Requirements

Version: Windows Media Player version 7.0 or later.

Library: Use wmp.dll.

See Also

• MediaCollection Object
• Playlist Object
• Settings.mediaAccessRights
• Settings.requestMediaAccessRights

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