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Programming in Visual Basic

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This topic describes what you should know when programming in Microsoft Visual Basic. Unless otherwise noted, the examples in this documentation are written in Visual Basic 6.0.

Note   In each Visual Basic project you must add Windows Media Encoder SDK references.

To add Windows Media Encoder SDK references to a Visual Basic 6.0 project

  • On the Project menu, click References, and then select the references you need for your application, as described in the following table.
    Reference Description
    Windows Media Encoder Required for all Windows Media Encoder applications.
    Windows Media Encoder Agent Required for applications that enable remote administration.
    Windows Media Encoder Agent Locator Required for applications that enable remote administration.
    Windows Media Encoder Device Control Required for applications that control an external digital device.
    Windows Media Encoder Preview Control Required for applications that display a window to preview input sources.
    Windows Media Encoder Time Compression Plug-in Required for applications that use the time compression plug-in.
    Microsoft PropShell Control 1.0 Required for displaying Session and Property pages from the Windows Media Encoder user interface.

To use the MSPropShell ActiveX control

  • On the Project menu, click Components, and then click Microsoft PropShell Control 1.0.

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