IWMPControls::playItem (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)
1/6/2010
The playItem method plays the specified media item.
Syntax
HRESULT playItem( IWMPMedia* pIWMPMedia );
Parameters
- pIWMPMedia
[in] Pointer to an IWMPMedia interface.
Return Values
The method returns an HRESULT. Possible values include, but are not limited to, those in the following table.
| Return code | Description |
|---|---|
S_OK |
The method succeeded. |
Remarks
The media item will load and play automatically, regardless of the value retrieved by the IWMPSettings::get_autoStart method. To load an item without playing it automatically, pass in a VARIANT_BOOL set to FALSE in the IWMPSettings::put_autoStart method and specify a URL in IWMPCore::put_URL, after which IWMPControls::play can be called to start playing the item.
Note playItem works only with items retrieved from IWMPCore::get_currentPlaylist. Calling playItem with a reference to a saved media item is not supported.