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Controls.playItem
The playItem method plays the specified media item.
Syntax
Parameters
theMediaItem
Media object to be played.
Return Values
This method does not return a value.
Remarks
The media item will be loaded and played automatically, regardless of the value of the Settings.autoStart property. To load an item without playing it automatically, set Settings.autoStart** to false and assign a value to *Player.*URL, after which play can be called to start playing the item.
Note playItem works only with items in currentPlaylist. Calling playItem with a reference to a saved media item is not supported.
Example Code
The following JScript example uses playItem to play a media item from the current playlist. The item to play is chosen based upon its position in the playlist. The Player object was created with ID = "Player".
Requirements
Version: Windows Media Player version 7.0 or later.
Library: Use wmp.dll.
See Also
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