VIEW.category

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The category attribute specifies or retrieves the category for which the VIEW is intended.

        elementID.category

Possible Values

This attribute is a read/write String containing one of the following values.

Value Description
All Default. Theme for all types of media
Radio The UI for Radio Playback
CD The UI for CD playback
DVD The UI for DVD playback
Music The UI for MP3, WAV, MIDI, WMA
Video The UI for Video playback

Requirements

Requirement Value
Version
Windows Media Player version 7.0 or later

See also

VIEW Element