IWMSDataContainer.GetContainerFormat (C#)

The server calls the GetContainerFormat method to retrieve a GUID that identifies the format of the data container.

void IWMSDataContainer.GetContainerFormat(
  ref Guid pFormat
);

Arguments

Reference to a Guid indicating the format.

Return Value

This method does not return a value. To report an error, the plug-in can throw a COMException object to the server. If the plug-in uses the IWMSEventLogIWMSEventLog Object (C#) to log error information, it is recommended that it throw NS_E_PLUGIN_ERROR_REPORTED (0xC00D157D). Typically, the server attempts to make plug-in error information available to the server object model, the Windows Event Viewer, and the troubleshooting list in the details pane of the Windows Media Services MMC. However, if the plug-in uses the IWMSEventLog object to send custom error information to the Windows Event Viewer, throwing NS_E_PLUGIN_ERROR_REPORTED stops the server from also logging to the event viewer. For more information about plug-in error information, see Identifying Plug-in Errors.

Remarks

If the plug-in cannot identify the format, it must return IID_IWMSUnknownFormat. For example, an NTFS data source plug-in does not need to understand the data format. If you are implementing a plug-in that enables the server to access playlist files, you can return IID_IWMSPlaylistSmilFormat. The only other valid GUID that can be returned is IID_IWMSDirectoryFormat.

Requirements

Reference: Add a reference to Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.

Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.Interop.

Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.dll.

Library: WMSServerTypeLib.dll.

Platform: Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition; Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition; Windows Server 2008.

See Also

Concepts

IWMSDataContainer Object (C#)