IWMSPlugin::get_Status

The get_Status method retrieves the status of the plug-in.

HRESULT get_Status(
  long*  pVal
);

Arguments

pVal	[out] Pointer to a long. The bit field of the long contains an enumeration value from the WMS_PLUGIN_STATUS enumeration type. This must be a logical OR of one or more of the following values.

Value	Description
WMS_PLUGIN_NONE	The plug-in is not loaded.
WMS_PLUGIN_ERROR	An error occurred in the plug-in.
WMS_PLUGIN_LOADED	The plug-in was loaded.
WMS_PLUGIN_ENABLED	The plug-in was enabled.
WMS_PLUGIN_LOADED_IN_PROC	The plug-in was loaded into the client process.
WMS_PLUGIN_LOADED_OUT_OF_PROC	The plug-in was loaded outside of the client process.
WMS_PLUGIN_REMOVE_ON_SERVICE_RESTART	The plug-in will be removed when Windows Media Services is restarted.

Return Value

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

Return code	Number	Description
E_POINTER	0x80004003	pVal is a NULL pointer argument.

Remarks

When the server starts, plug-ins that are not enabled have a status of WMS_PLUGIN_NONE. When you both load and enable a plug-in, the plug-in status is WMS_PLUGIN_LOADED & WMS_PLUGIN_ENABLED. If the plug-in fails after it has been loaded, the plug-in status is WMS_PLUGIN_LOADED & WMS_PLUGIN_ERROR. When you set the Enabled property to VARIANT_FALSE, the plug-in status is WMS_PLUGIN_LOADED.

When a plug-in error occurs, the Status property on the IWMSServerIWMSServer Interface indicates that either a critical or non-critical error has occurred. For more information, see the IWMSServer::get_Status method.

Example

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

// Declare variables and interfaces.
IWMSServer      *pServer;
IWMSPlugins     *pPlugins;
IWMSPlugin      *pPlugin;

HRESULT         hr;
CComVariant     varIndex;
CComBSTR        bstrText;
long            lCount;
long            lValue;

// 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
// and retrieve the total count of plug-ins.
hr = pServer->get_PlaylistParsers(&pPlugins);
if (FAILED(hr)) goto EXIT;
hr = pPlugins->get_Count(&lCount);
if (FAILED(hr)) goto EXIT;

// Retrieve information about each plug-in.
for (long x = 0; x < lCount; x++)
{
    varIndex = x;
    hr = pPlugins->get_Item(varIndex, &pPlugin);
    if (FAILED(hr)) goto EXIT;
    
    // Retrieve the current status of the plug-in.
    hr = pPlugin->get_Status(&lValue);
    if (FAILED(hr)) goto EXIT;

    // Retrieve error information if the plug-in
    // is in error status.
    if (lValue & WMS_PLUGIN_ERROR)
    {
        hr = pPlugin->get_ErrorCode(&lValue);
        if (FAILED(hr)) goto EXIT;
        hr = pPlugin->get_ErrorText(&bstrText);
        if (FAILED(hr)) goto EXIT;
    }

    // Release temporary COM objects.
    pPlugin->Release();
}

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

Requirements

Header: wmsserver.h.

Library: WMSServerTypeLib.dll.

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

See Also

Reference

IWMSPlugin Interface