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Windows Media Player 11 SDK IWMPPlayerServices::setTaskPane 

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IWMPPlayerServices::setTaskPane

The setTaskPane method displays the specified task pane in the full mode of Windows Media Player.

Syntax

  HRESULT setTaskPane(
  BSTR  bstrTaskPane
);

Parameters

bstrTaskPane

[in]  BSTR containing one of the following values.

Value Description
NowPlaying Opens Windows Media Player in the Now Playing feature.
MediaGuide Opens Windows Media Player in the Media Guide feature (Guide feature in Windows Media Player 10).
CopyFromCD Opens Windows Media Player in the Copy From CD feature (Rip feature in Windows Media Player 10).
CopyFromCD?AutoCopy:id Opens Windows Media Player in the Copy From CD feature (Rip feature in Windows Media Player 10) and automatically invokes the Copy Music functionality after switching.

To specify a particular drive identifier, append a colon character (:) followed by the CD drive identifier number. If you omit the colon and the ID, the first CD drive is will be used.

If the user has selected Eject CD when copying is completed in Windows Media Player, the CD will be ejected when copying is completed.
Library Opens Windows Media Player in the Library feature.
RadioTuner Opens Windows Media Player in the Radio Tuner feature (current active online store in Windows Media Player 10).
CopyToCD Opens Windows Media Player 10 in the Burn feature.
CopyToCDOrDevice Opens Windows Media Player in the Copy to CD or Device feature (Sync feature in Windows Media Player 10).
Services Opens Windows Media Player in the Premium Services feature (current active online store in Windows Media Player 10).
SkinChooser Opens Windows Media Player in the Skin Chooser feature.

Return Values

The method returns an HRESULT. Possible values include, but are not limited to, those in the following table.

Value Description
S_OK The method succeeded.

Remarks

This method is used only when remoting the Windows Media Player control.

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

Requirements

Version: Windows Media Player 9 Series or later. Windows Media Player 10 for CopyToCD.

Header: Include wmp.h.

Library: Use wmp.dll.

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