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Windows Media Player 11 SDK EFFECTS.currentEffectType 

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EFFECTS.currentEffectType

The currentEffectType attribute specifies or retrieves the registry name of the current visualization. This name is a unique ID defined by the visualization author.

Syntax

  

Possible Values

This attribute is a read/write String.

Remarks

You can use this attribute at run time to change the currently displayed effect. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Use effectCount to retrieve the count of registered effects.
  2. In a loop, retrieve the name of each registered effect by using effectType.
  3. Specify one of the names you retrieved for currentEffectType to set the current effect.

Requirements

Windows Media Player version 7.0 or later.

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