IWMSServer.FileType (Visual Basic .NET)

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IWMSServer.FileType (Visual Basic .NET)

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

Syntax

  WMS_FILE_TYPE
  
  =
  
  Server
  .FileType(
  
  path 
  As String
  
  )

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 returns an error number.

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

Imports Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.Interop
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Private Sub GetFileType()

    ' Declare variables.
    Dim Server As WMSServer
    Dim strText As String
    Dim ftType As WMS_FILE_TYPE

Try
    ' Create the WMSServer object.
    Server = New WMSServer()

    ' Retrieve the file type for the specified file.
    strText = "c:\wmpub\wmroot\welcome1.asf"

    ftType = Server.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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