Methods > CD drives and ripping > CDDB > CddbGetServerName method

Remarks

Obtains the friendly name of the given CDDB server.

The total number of available CDDB servers can be requested through the CddbRequestServersList method: the method will fail if called before before being notified about servers availability through the CallbackForRecordersEvents delegate having the nEvent parameter set to EV_REC_CDDB_SERVERS_AVAIL.

See the How to get Audio CD info using CDDB servers tutorial for further details.

Syntax

[Visual Basic]

Public Function CddbGetServerName (

nServerIndex as integer

) as String

[C#]

public string CddbGetServerName (

short nServerIndex

);

[C++]

public: string CddbGetServerName (

short nServerIndex

);

Parameter	Description

nServerIndex	Number representing the zero-based index of the CDDB server.

Return value

Value	Meaning

Empty string	The value of the nCdDriveIndex parameter was out of range. Use the value returned by the GetCdDrivesCount method in order to know how many CD drive are currently installed on the system.
Valid string	The string containing the CDDB server's friendly name