Windows Media Player 11 SDK Controls.playItem 

Controls.playItem

The playItem method plays the specified media item.

Syntax

Parameters

theMediaItem

Media object to be played.

Return Values

This method does not return a value.

Remarks

The media item will be loaded and played automatically, regardless of the value of the Settings.autoStart property. To load an item without playing it automatically, set Settings.autoStart** to false and assign a value to *Player.*URL, after which play can be called to start playing the item.

Note   playItem works only with items in currentPlaylist. Calling playItem with a reference to a saved media item is not supported.

Example Code

The following JScript example uses playItem to play a media item from the current playlist. The item to play is chosen based upon its position in the playlist. The Player object was created with ID = "Player".

Requirements

Version: Windows Media Player version 7.0 or later.

Library: Use wmp.dll.

See Also

• Controls Object
• Playlist.item