Network.setProxyName method

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The setProxyName method specifies the name of the proxy server to use.

Syntax

Network.setProxyName(
  protocol,
  name
)

Parameters

protocol [in]

String specifying the protocol name. For a list of supported protocols, see Supported Protocols and File Types.

name [in]

String specifying the name of the proxy server to use.

Return value

This method does not return a value.

Remarks

This method has no effect unless getProxySettings returns a value of 2 (use manual settings).

This method fails unless the calling application is running on the local computer or intranet.

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

Examples

The following JScript example uses Network.setProxyName to specify the name of the Windows Media Player proxy server for the MMS protocol. The new name is retrieved from an HTML TEXT element with ID = "NAME". The Player object was created with ID = "Player".

// Test whether proxy settings are manual.
if (Player.network.getProxySettings("MMS") == 2){

   // Store the new proxy server name specified by the user.
   var proxyname = NAME.value;

   // Set the proxy server name.
   Player.network.setProxyName("MMS", proxyname);
}

else

// Warn that proxy settings must be set to 2.
alert("Proxy settings must be manual!");

Requirements

See also

Network Object