IWdsTransportSetupManager::RegisterContentProvider method (wdstptmgmt.h)

• 12/05/2018
• 2 minutes to read

Enables an application run on a client computer to register a content provider DLL. This makes the provider available for use by the WDS transport server.

Syntax

HRESULT RegisterContentProvider(
  BSTR bszName,
  BSTR bszDescription,
  BSTR bszFilePath,
  BSTR bszInitializationRoutine
);

Parameters

bszName

The name of the content provider to be registered. This name must be unique on the server.

bszDescription

A description of the content provider that can be read by an administrator.

bszFilePath

The full path to the DLL that implements the content provider. The path can include environment variables.

bszInitializationRoutine

The name of a function exported by the content provider that the WDS transport server can use to initialize the provider.

Return value

Standard HRESULT error values are used: S_OK for success; others for failure.

Remarks

To enable a multicast provider to support unauthenticated connections, the provider developer can add the AllowUnAuth key to the registry and set its DWORD value equal to 1.

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WDSServer\Providers\WDSMC\Providers\Content Provider Name (i.e. bszName)\AllowUnauth

Requirements

See also

IWdsTransportSetupManager