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IWMSAdminAnonUser::get_IsPasswordSet

The get_IsPasswordSet method retrieves a Boolean value indicating whether there is a password associated with anonymous user connections to a Windows Media server.

Syntax

  HRESULT get_IsPasswordSet(
  VARIANT_BOOL*  pbIsPasswordSet
);

Parameters

pbIsPasswordSet

[out] Pointer to a VARIANT_BOOL indicating whether a password is associated with anonymous user connections.

Return Values

If the method succeeds, it returns S_OK. If it fails, it returns an HRESULT error code.

Return code Number Description
E_POINTER 0x80004003 The pbIsPasswordSet parameter is NULL.

Example Code

#include <windows.h>
#include <atlbase.h>    // Includes CComBSTR and CComVariant.

// To access system plug-in interfaces, the
// entire type library must be imported as shown.
#import "WMSServerTypeLib.dll" no_namespace named_guids \
                               raw_interfaces_only

// Declare variables and interfaces.
IWMSServer          *pServer;
IWMSPlugins         *pPlugins;
IWMSPlugin          *pPlugin;
IDispatch           *pDispatch;
IWMSAdminAnonUser   *pAdminAnonUser;

HRESULT         hr;
VARIANT_BOOL    bPassSet;
CComVariant     varIndex;
CComBSTR        bstrUserName;
CComBSTR        bstrPassword;

// Initialize the COM library and retrieve a pointer
// to an IWMSServer interface.
hr = CoInitialize(NULL);
hr = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_WMSServer,
                      NULL,
                      CLSCTX_ALL,
                      IID_IWMSServer,
                      (void **)&pServer);
if (FAILED(hr)) goto EXIT;

// Retrieve a pointer to an IWMSPlugins interface
// containing authentication plug-ins.
hr = pServer->get_Authenticators(&pPlugins);
if (FAILED(hr)) goto EXIT;

// Retrieve a pointer to the IWMSPlugin interface
// of the plug-in to be configured.
varIndex = "WMS Anonymous User Authentication";
hr = pPlugins->get_Item(varIndex, &pPlugin);
if (FAILED(hr)) goto EXIT;

// Retrieve a pointer to the custom interface
// of the plug-in.
hr = pPlugin->get_CustomInterface(&pDispatch);
if (FAILED(hr)) goto EXIT;

// Query the specific administration interface
// for the plug-in.
hr = pDispatch->QueryInterface(IID_IWMSAdminAnonUser,
                              (void **)&pAdminAnonUser);
if (FAILED(hr)) goto EXIT;

// Set a new user name and password to be associated
// with anonymous server connections if one does not exist.
hr = pAdminAnonUser->get_IsPasswordSet(&bPassSet);
if (FAILED(hr)) goto EXIT;
if (bPassSet == VARIANT_FALSE) {
    bstrUserName = "NewUserName";
    bstrPassword = "NewPassowrd";
    hr = pAdminAnonUser->SetUserNamePassword(bstrUserName, bstrPassword);
    if (FAILED(hr)) goto EXIT;
}

EXIT:
    // TODO: Release temporary COM objects and uninitialize COM.

Requirements

Library: WMSServerTypeLib.dll.

Platform: Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Server 2008 family.

See Also

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