Embedding the Windows Media Player Control
[The feature associated with this page, Windows Media Player SDK, is a legacy feature. It has been superseded by MediaPlayer. MediaPlayer has been optimized for Windows 10 and Windows 11. Microsoft strongly recommends that new code use MediaPlayer instead of Windows Media Player SDK, when possible. Microsoft suggests that existing code that uses the legacy APIs be rewritten to use the new APIs if possible.]
In addition to embedding the Windows Media Player control in a webpage as described in the previous section, you can embed it in Microsoft Office documents and in custom programs that you create using one of several programming languages, including Microsoft Visual Basic, C++, and C#.
The following sections provide information about using the control in various programming environments.
| Section | Description |
|---|---|
| Embedding the Windows Media Player Control in a Web Page | This section describes using the control in a webpage. |
| Embedding the Windows Media Player Control in an Office Document | This section describes using the control in a Microsoft Office document. |
| Embedding the Windows Media Player Control in a Custom Program | This section describes using the control in a Windows-based application written in Visual Basic or C++. |
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