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Integrating into More With This

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When the user opens the context-sensitive menu on a selected media item by pressing the More Information button on the remote control or right-clicking the media item with the mouse, Windows Media Center includes a More menu option. When More is selected, Windows Media Center provides a page of applications that are registered for the corresponding media type. For example, your application can provide additional actions for a photo in the Windows Media Center UI, such as sharing the photo over the Internet. The user can start an application from this list with the additional contextual information about the current media.

In the image below, the user has opened the context-sensitive menu for a picture:

The More option on the context-sensitive menu for the current media item

The following image shows an example of what might be displayed when selecting More:

The More… page

The following categories register an application for More With This integration locations:

  • More With This\Audio\Album
  • More With This\Audio\Artist
  • More With This\Audio\Playlist
  • More With This\Audio\Song
  • More With This\Audio\Genre
  • More With This\DVD
  • More With This\Picture
  • More With This\Video

Because an application can include entry points in several More With This contexts, an application needs a way to determine the context from which the user started the application. To determine the context, an application can query the AddInHost.MediaContext property.

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  • ApplicationContext > InstallApplication

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