Choosing the Functions
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The purpose of this skin is to provide basic functionality for playing audio. The following functions will be used:
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| PlayPause or PlayPauseStop* | Starting the media item is of prime importance. If you are creating a skin for Windows Media Player 10 Mobile or later, then you should use PlayPauseStop. If you are working with an earlier version of Windows Media Player Mobile, then you must use PlayPause. Both functions give you the added functionality of pausing, but only PlayPauseStop allows you to stop a live broadcast when pause functionality is not available. |
| Stop | You will want to add Stop to stop playing the item. If you are creating a skin for Windows Media Player 10 Mobile or later, the PlayPauseStop function already provides this functionality. |
| Next | If you have a playlist, you will want to be able to choose the next item. You need this for basic navigation of digital media. |
| Prev | While you could use Next to cycle through the playlist until you came to the beginning, adding Prev will make it easy for the user to go backward as well as forward when navigating the playlist. |
| VolumeUp or VolumeDown* | You will want to provide the user with the ability to turn the volume up or down. |
*Available for Windows Media Player 10 Mobile or later.
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