IWMPCdromCollection::getByDriveSpecifier method (wmp.h)

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The getByDriveSpecifier method retrieves a pointer to an IWMPCdrom interface associated with a particular drive letter.

Syntax

HRESULT getByDriveSpecifier(
  [in]  BSTR      bstrDriveSpecifier,
  [out] IWMPCdrom **ppCdrom
);

Parameters

[in] bstrDriveSpecifier

BSTR containing the drive letter followed by a colon (":") character.

[out] ppCdrom

Pointer to a pointer to an IWMPCdrom interface.

Return value

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

Return code Description
S_OK
The method succeeded.

Remarks

Drive letters must be given in the form X:, where X represents the drive letter.

To use this method, read access to the library is required. For more information, see Library Access.

Windows Media Player 10 Mobile: This method always returns E_INVALIDARG.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows Media Player 9 Series or later.
Target Platform Windows
Header wmp.h
DLL Wmp.dll

See also

IWMPCdrom Interface

IWMPCdrom::eject

IWMPCdromCollection Interface

IWMPSettings2::get_mediaAccessRights

IWMPSettings2::requestMediaAccessRights