Creating Skins for Party Mode

Microsoft Windows Party Mode for Windows Media Player uses a flexible skin technology based on Microsoft Windows Media Player skins. This document describes the specific requirements and interfaces for Party Mode skin development.

All example code in this document is from the Party Mode skin file named Party Mode.wmz. The example custom skin for Party Mode in this document is named MySkin.wmz. For your first Party Mode skin development project, it is recommended that you modify a copy of one of the Party Mode skins installed with Windows Digital Media Enhancements instead of creating a brand-new skin.

To create custom skins for Party Mode, it is important to understand how Windows Media Player skins are developed. For more information about Windows Media Player skins, see the MSDN page on the Microsoft Web site (http://msdn.microsoft.com).

Skin developers can create custom skins for Party Mode; however, Microsoft does not support the interfaces described in this document, and these interfaces may be modified at any time and may not be compatible with custom skins developed for the original interfaces.

Important   Party Mode provides a way for party guests to use your computer as a jukebox and prevents casual intrusion into other files or programs on the computer. However, Party Mode is not intended to be used as a security feature. Given enough time, a knowledgeable user can most likely bypass the privacy options in Party Mode.

This section discusses the following topics.

See Also

• Windows XP Media Center Edition SDK