IWMSPublishingPoint.Authenticators (Visual Basic .NET)

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IWMSPublishingPoint.Authenticators (Visual Basic .NET)

The Authenticators property retrieves an IWMSPlugins object containing a collection of authentication plug-ins.

Syntax

  IWMSPlugins = IWMSPublishingPoint.Authenticators

Property Value

An IWMSPlugins object containing a collection of authentication plug-ins.

If this property fails, it returns an error number.

Number Description
0xC00D145AL The publishing point was already removed.

Remarks

This property is read-only. There is no limit to the number of plug-ins that can be in this collection. Authentication plug-ins can use one of three methods to identify clients.

  • The plug-in can request that the client supply a password and user name. The password can be encrypted or sent as clear text.
  • The plug-in can identify the client based on logon credentials.
  • The plug-in can ignore passwords, user names, and logon credentials.

If the plug-in is able to authenticate the client, it sends information about the client to the authorization plug-in to determine whether access permission can be granted.

Example Code

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

Private Sub GetAuthenticationPlugins()

    ' Declare variables.
    Dim Server As WMSServer
    Dim PubPoints As IWMSPublishingPoints
    Dim PubPoint As IWMSPublishingPoint
    Dim Plugins As IWMSPlugins

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

    ' Retrieve the IWMSPublishingPoints object.
    PubPoints = Server.PublishingPoints

    ' Retrieve information about each publishing point.
    For Each PubPoint In PubPoints

        ' Retrieve the IWMSPlugins object
        ' containing authentication plug-ins.
        Plugins = PubPoint.Authenticators
    Next

Catch excCom As COMException
    ' TODO: Handle COM exceptions.
Catch exc As Exception
    ' TODO: Handle errors.
Finally
    ' TODO: Clean-up code goes here.
End Try

End Sub

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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