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IWMSPlugin Object (Visual Basic .NET)

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IWMSPlugin Object (Visual Basic .NET)

You can use the IWMSPlugin object to manage a plug-in.

The IWMSPlugin object exposes the following properties.

Property Description
CLSID Retrieves the CLSID of the plug-in.
CustomInterface Retrieves the administration object for the plug-in.
Enabled Specifies and retrieves a Boolean value indicating whether the plug-in is enabled.
ErrorCode Retrieves an HRESULT error code for the plug-in.
ErrorText Retrieves the text associated with the plug-in error.
LoadType Specifies and retrieves an enumeration value that indicates whether the server loads authentication, event notification, and authorization plug-ins as in-process or out-of-process objects.
MonikerName Retrieves the moniker display name for a plug-in.
Name Specifies and retrieves the name of a specific instance of the IWMSPlugin object.
Properties Retrieves an IWMSNamedValues collection containing name-value pairs that describe the plug-in.
SelectionOrder Specifies and retrieves a zero-based value that is used by the server to determine the order in which a plug-in will be selected for use.
Status Retrieves the status of the plug-in.
SupportStatus Retrieves an enumeration value that indicates which version of Windows Server is required to load the plug-in.
Version Retrieves the version number of the plug-in.

Example Code

The following example illustrates how to retrieve an IWMSPlugin object.

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

Private Sub RetrieveObj()

    ' Declare variables.
    Dim Server As WMSServer
    Dim Plugins As IWMSPlugins
    Dim Plugin As IWMSPlugin
    Dim i As Integer

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

    ' Retrieve the IWMSPlugins object.
    Plugins = Server.Authenticators

    ' Retrieve information about each plug-in.
    For i = 0 To Plugins.Count - 1
        Plugin = Plugins.Item(i)
    Next i

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

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