COM Objects > VideoPlayer object > Methods > VideoPlayer.EnableDsErrorMessages method

Remarks

Enables/disables the visualization of message boxes containing errors detected by DirectShow during playback of a video stream.

For further details about the use of the embedded video player see the VideoPlayer object section.

For details about video clips rendering refer to the How to play video files through DirectShow tutorial.

Syntax

[Visual Basic]

control.VideoPlayer.EnableDsErrorMessages (

[C++]

short control.VideoPlayer.EnableDsErrorMessages (

short bEnable

);

Parameter

Description

bEnable

Boolean value that determines if error message boxes should be displayed.

Supported values are the following:

Mnemonic constant	Value	Meaning
BOOL_FALSE	0	Disables message boxes reporting DirectShow internal errors.
BOOL_TRUE (default)	1	Enables message boxes reporting DirectShow internal errors.

Return value

Value	Meaning

Negative value	An error occurred, check the LastError property value in order to get the error code
enumErrorCodes.ERR_NOERROR (0)	The method call was successful