IWMSPublishingPoint.Path (C#)
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IWMSPublishingPoint.Path (C#)
The Path property specifies and retrieves the path to the publishing point content.
Syntax
IWMSPublishingPoint .Path = string; string = IWMSPublishingPoint.Path;
Property Value
A string containing the path.
If this property fails, it throws an exception.
| Number | Description |
| 0x8007000E | There is insufficient memory to complete the function. |
| 0xC00D002BL | The path for a publishing point cannot be changed while the publishing point is running. |
| 0xC00D145AL | The publishing point was already removed. |
| 0xC00D1452L | The method is not supported for cache proxy publishing points. |
Remarks
The path must start with an appropriate prefix to indicate which data source plug-in to use. The following table provides examples of valid paths.
| Path | Example |
| Media file | file:://C:\wmpub\wmroot\movie.wmv
file://\\server\directory\movie.wmv |
| Playlist file | file:://C:\wmpub\wmroot\playlist.wsx
file://\\server\directory\playlist.wsx |
| Stream from an encoder | https://encoder:port |
| Stream pushed to an encoder | push:* |
| Content from a publishing point on a local server | lpp://pubpoint/media.wmv |
| Stream from a publishing point on a local or remote server | rtsp://server/pubpoint
https://server/pubpoint |
| Stream from a station or publishing point on a version 4.1 server | https://server/stationname
https://server/pubpoint |
| Media file or playlist on a local or remote server | rtsp://server/pubpoint/movie.wmv |
| Playlist file from a Web server | https://server/playlist.asp
https://server/playlist.wsx |
| Directory of files | file://C:\wmpub\wmroot\directory |
| Multicast announcement file | MCast://c:\wmpub\wmroot\file.nsc. Relative URLs cannot be used to specify this path. |
Example Code
using Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.Interop;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
// Declare variables.
WMSServer Server;
IWMSPublishingPoints PubPoints;
IWMSPublishingPoint PubPoint;
string strText;
try {
// Create a new WMSServer object.
Server = new WMSServerClass();
// Retrieve the IWMSPublishingPoints object.
PubPoints = Server.PublishingPoints;
// Retrieve information about each publishing point.
for (int i = 0; i < PubPoints.Count; i++)
{
PubPoint = PubPoints[i];
// Retrieve the content path of the publishing point.
strText = PubPoint.Path;
// Set the content path of the publishing point.
strText = "c:\\wmpub\\wmroot\\";
PubPoint.Path = strText;
}
}
catch (COMException comExc) {
// TODO: Handle COM exceptions.
}
catch (Exception e) {
// TODO: Handle exceptions.
}
Requirements
Reference: Add a reference to Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.
Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.Interop.
Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.dll.
Library: WMSServerTypeLib.dll.
Platform: Windows ServerĀ 2003 family, Windows ServerĀ 2008 family.
See Also
- IWMSPublishingPoint Object (C#)
- IWMSPublishingPoint.Path (C#)
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