Playlist.setItemInfo method

Article
06/20/2023

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The setItemInfo method specifies the value of a playlist attribute.

Syntax

Playlist.setItemInfo(
  name,
  value
)

Parameters

name [in]: String containing the name of the attribute to be set. For information about the attributes supported by Windows Media Player, see the Windows Media Player Attribute Reference.
value [in]: String containing the new value for the attribute.

Return value

This method does not return a value.

Remarks

A special use of the setItemInfo method is to sort the items in the playlist by using the SortAttribute attribute. The following JScript example sorts a playlist by the values of the UserLastPlayedTime attribute. The variable playlist is a reference to a Playlist object.

playlist.setItemInfo("SortAttribute", "UserLastPlayedTime")

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

Windows Media Player 10 Mobile: This method is not supported.

Examples

See the attributeCount property for example code that uses this property.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Version	Windows Media Player version 7.0 or later.
DLL	Wmp.dll