IWMSFileDescription.Type (C#)

The Type property retrieves an enumeration value that indicates whether the IWMSFileDescriptionIWMSFileDescription Object (C#) describes a directory, a media file, or a playlist file.

WMS_FILE_TYPE = IWMSFileDescription.Type;

Property Value

A member of a WMS_FILE_TYPE enumeration type indicating what the IWMSFileDescription object describes. This must be one of the following values.

Value	Description
WMS_FILE_DIRECTORY	Indicates a directory.
WMS_FILE_MEDIA	Indicates a media file, such as a file with a .wma file name extension.
WMS_FILE_PLAYLIST	Indicates a playlist file, such as a file with an .asx file name extension.
WMS_FILE_REMOTE_FILE	Indicates a remote file.
WMS_FILE_STREAM_FORMAT	The item is a stream format file, such as a file with an .nsc. file name extension.
WMS_FILE_UNSPECIFIED	The file type is unknown or unspecified.

Remarks

This property is read-only.

This method requires the Network Service account to have read and browse access to the file being described.

Example

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

// Declare variables.
WMSServer                   Server;
IWMSFileDescriptions        FileDescriptions;
IWMSFileDescription         FileDescription;

string                      strPath;

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

    // Retrieve the IWMSFileDescriptions object.
    strPath = "file://c:\\wmpub\\wmroot";
    FileDescriptions = Server.get_FileDescriptions(strPath,
                                      WMS_FILE_TYPE.WMS_FILE_UNSPECIFIED);

    // Retrieve information associated with each description.
    for (int i = 0; i < FileDescriptions.Count; i++)
    {
        FileDescription = FileDescriptions[i];

        WMS_FILE_TYPE ftType;
        ftType = FileDescription.Type;

        if (ftType == WMS_FILE_TYPE.WMS_FILE_UNSPECIFIED)
        {
            // TODO: Handle unknown file types.
        }

        if (ftType == WMS_FILE_TYPE.WMS_FILE_DIRECTORY)
        {
            // TODO: Handle directories.
        }

        if (ftType == WMS_FILE_TYPE.WMS_FILE_MEDIA)
        {
            // TODO: Handle media files.
        }

        if (ftType == WMS_FILE_TYPE.WMS_FILE_PLAYLIST)
        {
            // TODO: Handle playlist files.
        }

        if (ftType == WMS_FILE_TYPE.WMS_FILE_REMOTE_FILE)
        {
            // TODO: Handle remote files.
        }

        if (ftType == WMS_FILE_TYPE.WMS_FILE_STREAM_FORMAT)
        {
            // TODO: Handle stream format files.
        }
    }
}
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

IWMSFileDescription Object (C#)

IWMSFileDescription.Name (C#)