IWMSServer Interface
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IWMSServer Interface
The IWMSServer interface resides at the top of the server hierarchy. You can use it to specify and retrieve server properties, and to create objects needed to manage a server.
In addition to the methods inherited from IDispatch, the IWMSServer interface exposes the following methods.
| Method | Description |
| CreatePlaylist | Creates an IXMLDOMDocument interface. |
| DownloadContent | Downloads audio or video content locally using the WMS Archive Data Writer plug-in. |
| ExportXML | Creates an XML document containing the server configuration data. |
| get_AllowClientsToConnect | Retrieves a Boolean value that indicates whether the server can receive client connections. |
| get_Authenticators | Retrieves an IWMSPlugins interface containing a collection of authentication plug-ins. You can use authentication plug-ins to establish the identity of clients that are requesting connections. |
| get_AvailableIPAddresses | Retrieves an IWMSAvailableIPAddresses interface containing a collection of IP addresses that can be used by the server to publish content. |
| get_CacheProxy | Retrieves an IWMSPlugins interface containing a collection of cache plug-ins that can be used to control the caching policy of the server. |
| get_ControlProtocols | Retrieves an IWMSPlugins interface containing a collection of control protocol plug-ins that can be used to interpret and respond to client requests. |
| get_CPUUtilization | Retrieves the CPU utilization of the computer on which the server is running. |
| get_CurrentCounters | Retrieves an IWMSServerCurrentCounters interface that contains information about the server counters. |
| get_DataSources | Retrieves an IWMSPlugins interface that contains a collection of data source plug-ins. |
| get_DefaultPath | Retrieves the default path name of the server. |
| get_DefaultPluginLoadType | 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. |
| get_DiagnosticEvents | Retrieves an IWMSDiagnosticEvents interface that you can use to retrieve information about critical errors and warnings. |
| get_EnableReverseProxyMode | Retrieves a Boolean value indicating whether the server sends all requested content to cache and proxy plug-ins. |
| get_EventHandlers | Retrieves an IWMSPlugins interface containing a collection of event notification and authorization plug-ins. |
| get_FileDescriptions | Retrieves an IWMSFileDescriptions interface containing a collection of IWMSFileDescription interfaces that describe content files, playlist files, and directories. |
| get_FileType | Retrieves the type of a content file identified by a specific path. |
| get_Limits | Retrieves an IWMSServerLimits interface that contains the limits specified for the server. |
| get_MediaParsers | Retrieves an IWMSPlugins interface containing a collection of media parser plug-ins. |
| get_MonikerName | Retrieves the moniker display name that can be used to create and initialize a WMSServer object. |
| get_Name | Retrieves the server name. |
| get_OSProductType | Retrieves the operating system product type that Windows Media Services is running on. |
| get_OutgoingDistributionConnections | Retrieves an IWMSOutgoingDistributionConnections interface that contains a collection of the streams being distributed to the server. |
| get_PeakCounters | Retrieves an IWMSServerPeakCounters interface that contains methods that can be used to retrieve peak counter information collected by a running server. |
| get_Players | Retrieves an IWMSPlayers interface containing a collection of IWMSPlayer interfaces, each of which contains specific information about a connected client. |
| get_PlaylistParsers | Retrieves an IWMSPlugins interface containing a collection of playlist parser plug-ins. You can use a playlist parser plug-in to support a playlist format. |
| get_Properties | Retrieves an IWMSNamedValues interface containing a collection of name-value pairs that contain descriptive information about the server. |
| get_PublishingPoints | Retrieves an IWMSPublishingPoints interface containing a collection of IWMSPublishingPoint interfaces. |
| get_RootDirectories | Retrieves an IWMSRootDirectories interface containing a collection of server root directories. |
| get_StartTime | Retrieves the date and time at which the Windows Media server was started. |
| get_Status | Retrieves an enumeration value indicating the current state of the server. |
| get_StreamFilters | Reserved for future use. |
| get_TotalCounters | Retrieves an IWMSServerTotalCounters interface that can be used to obtain information about various totals maintained by the server. |
| get_UnicastDataSinks | Retrieves an IWMSPlugins interface containing a collection of unicast data sink plug-ins that can be used to send data packets to a client. |
| get_Version | Retrieves the version number of the server. |
| put_AllowClientsToConnect | Specifies a Boolean value that indicates whether the server can receive client connections. |
| put_DefaultPath | Specifies the default path name of the server. |
| put_DefaultPluginLoadType | Specifies an enumeration value that indicates whether the server loads authentication, event notification, and authorization plug-ins as in-process or out-of-process objects. |
| put_EnableReverseProxyMode | Specifies a Boolean value indicating whether the server sends all requested content to cache and proxy plug-ins. |
Example Code
The following example illustrates how to retrieve a pointer to an IWMSServer interface.
EXIT:
// TODO: Release temporary COM objects and uninitialize COM.
See Also
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