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Windows Media Player 11 SDK StringCollection.getItemInfoByType 

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StringCollection.getItemInfoByType

The getItemInfoByType method retrieves the value corresponding to the specified StringCollection index, name, language, and attribute index.

Syntax

Parameters

index

Number (long) specifying the zero-based index of the StringCollection item from which to get the attribute.

name

String containing the attribute name.

language

String containing the language. If the value is set to null or the empty string ("") the current locale string is used. Otherwise, the value must be a valid RFC 1766 language string such as "en-us".

attributeIndex

Number (long) containing the zero-based index of the value to retrieve from the attribute.

Return Values

This method returns a Number, String, MetadataPicture object, or MetadataText object as indicated in the following table.

Attribute Return value
SyncState Number (unsigned long)
WM/Lyrics_Synchronised MetadataText object
WM/Picture MetadataPicture object
WM/UserWebURL MetadataText object
All other attributes String

For attributes whose underlying value is Boolean, this method returns the string "true" or "false".

Remarks

This method supports attributes with multiple values, and attributes with complex values. The getItemInfo method does not support attributes with multiple or complex values.

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

Requirements

Version: Windows Media Player 11.

Library: Use wmp.dll.

See Also

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