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Windows Media Player 11 SDK Player.openPlayer 

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Player.openPlayer

The openPlayer method opens Windows Media Player using the specified URL.

Syntax

  

Parameters

URL

String representing the URL of the media item to play.

Remarks

This method launches Windows Media Player with the specified URL set as the current media item. If the Player was previously closed in skin mode it will open using the skin last chosen by the user. Otherwise, the Player opens in full mode.

If this method is called from a Windows Media PlayerActiveX control embedded in remote mode, its behavior is identical to the PlayerApplication**.switchToPlayerApplication** method.

Windows Media Player 10 Mobile: This method is not supported.

Requirements

Version: Windows Media Player 9 Series or later.

Library: Use wmp.dll.

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