IWMSServer.get_FileType (C#)

The FileType property retrieves the type of a content file identified by a specific path.

WMS_FILE_TYPE = Server.get_FileType(
  string  strpath
);

Property Value

A member of a WMS_FILE_TYPEenumeration type. This must be one of the following values.

Value	Description
WMS_FILE_DIRECTORY	The item is a directory.
WMS_FILE_MEDIA	The item is a digital media file.
WMS_FILE_PLAYLIST	The item is a playlist.
WMS_FILE_STREAM_FORMAT	The item is a stream format file.
WMS_FILE_UNSPECIFIED	The file type is either unknown or unspecified.

If this property fails, it throws an exception.

Number	Description
0x8007000E	There is insufficient memory to complete the function.

Arguments

path	[in] string containing the path.

Remarks

This property is read-only.

This method requires the Network Service account to have read and browse access to the specified path.

Example

using Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.Interop;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

// Declare variables.
WMSServer   Server;
string      strText;

try {
    // Create a new WMSServer object.
    Server = new WMSServerClass();

    // Retrieve the file type for the specified file.
    strText = "c:\\wmpub\\wmroot\\welcome1.asf";
    WMS_FILE_TYPE ftType; 
    ftType = Server.get_FileType(strText);
}
catch (COMException comExc) {
    // TODO: Handle COM exceptions.
}
catch (Exception e) {
    // TODO: Handle exceptions.
}

Requirements

Reference: Add a reference to Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.

Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.Interop.

Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.dll.

Library: WMSServerTypeLib.dll.

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

See Also

Reference

IWMSServer Object (C#)