IWMSAuthenticationPlugin.GetProtocolName (C#)

The GetProtocolName method retrieves the name of the authentication type implemented by the plug-in.

string = IWMSAuthenticationPlugin.GetProtocolName()

Arguments

This method takes no parameters.

Return Value

This method returns a string containing the name. 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

Anonymous, Kerberos, Digest, and NTLM are common authentication types.

Example

public string GetProtocolName()
{
    return "Digest";
}

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

IWMSAuthenticationPlugin Object (C#)