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IWMSFileDescriptions.CreateDataSourceDirectory (Visual Basic .NET)

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IWMSFileDescriptions.CreateDataSourceDirectory (Visual Basic .NET)

The CreateDataSourceDirectory method creates a new directory at the specified path, which can be used to store content.

Syntax

  IWMSFileDescriptions
  .CreateDataSourceDirectory(
 strPath As String
)

Parameters

strPath

[in] String containing the path and directory to create.

Return Values

If this method succeeds, it does not return a value. If it fails, it returns an error number.

Number Description
0x8007000E There is insufficient memory to complete the function.
0xC00D1580L The data source plug-in that the server is attempting to use to access the path referenced by strPath does not support enumeration of files.
0xC00D157EL The server was not able to find a data source plug-in to access the path referenced by strPath.

Example Code

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

Private Sub CreateDirectory()

    ' Declare variables.
    Dim Server As WMSServer
    Dim FileDescriptions As IWMSFileDescriptions
    Dim strPath As String

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

    ' Retrieve the IWMSFileDescriptions object.
    strPath = "file://c:\wmpub\wmroot\"
    FileDescriptions = Server.FileDescriptions(strPath, WMS_FILE_TYPE.WMS_FILE_UNSPECIFIED)

    ' Create a new directory.
    strPath = "file://c:\wmpub\wmroot\New Directory\"
    FileDescriptions.CreateDataSourceDirectory(strPath)

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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