This element contains a text string representing the name of the author of an Advanced Stream Redirector (ASX) file or media clip.

<AUTHOR>
  text string
</AUTHOR>

Parameters

None.

Parent/Child Information

Remarks

This element contains a text string representing the name of the author of an ASX file or media clip. You can use the AUTHOR element within the ASX element and within ENTRY elements.

Use the GetMediaInfoString method to retrieve the value of the AUTHOR element for a show or clip.

Each parent ASX and ENTRY element should contain at most one child AUTHOR element. Multiple AUTHOR elements after the first will be ignored and will not display.

Example

<ASX VERSION="3.0">
   <AUTHOR>Neal S.</AUTHOR>   <!-- Show author -->
   <ENTRY>
      <REF HREF="mms://example.microsoft.com/clip1.asf" />
      <AUTHOR>Robert P.</AUTHOR>  <!-- Clip author -->
   </ENTRY>
</ASX>

Last updated on Wednesday, April 13, 2005

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