IWMSPlugin Object (C#)

You can use the IWMSPlugin object to manage a plug-in. The IWMSPlugin object exposes the following properties.

Property	Description
CLSID	Retrieves the CLSID of the plug-in.
CustomInterface	Retrieves the administration object for the plug-in.
Enabled	Specifies and retrieves a Boolean value indicating whether the plug-in is enabled.
ErrorCode	Retrieves an HRESULT error code for the plug-in.
ErrorText	Retrieves the text associated with the plug-in error.
LoadType	Specifies and retrieves an enumeration value that indicates whether the server loads authentication, event notification, and authorization plug-ins as in-process or out-of-process objects.
MonikerName	Retrieves the moniker display name for a plug-in.
Name	Specifies and retrieves the name of a specific instance of the IWMSPlugin object.
Properties	Retrieves an IWMSNamedValues collection containing name-value pairs that describe the plug-in.
SelectionOrder	Specifies and retrieves a zero-based value that is used by the server to determine the order in which a plug-in will be selected for use.
Status	Retrieves the status of the plug-in.
SupportStatus	Retrieves an enumeration value that indicates which version of Windows Server is required to load the plug-in.
Version	Retrieves the version number of the plug-in.

Example

The following example illustrates how to retrieve an IWMSPlugin object.

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

// Declare variables.
WMSServer          Server;
IWMSPlugins        Plugins;
IWMSPlugin         Plugin;

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

    // Retrieve the IWMSPlugins object.
    Plugins = Server.Authenticators;

    // Retrieve information about each plug-in.
    for (int i = 0; i < Plugins.Count; i++)
    {
        Plugin = Plugins[i];
    }
}
catch (COMException comExc) {
    // TODO: Handle COM exceptions.
}
catch (Exception e) {
    // TODO: Handle exceptions.
}

See Also

Concepts

Server Object Model (C#)