[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]
The Annc object stores information about an enhancement announcement and can be used create enhancement announcement files. It has the following properties and methods:
Note that some of the properties of the Annc object must be set in order for the resulting announcement file to be valid. For other properties the default values are sufficient. The properties that you must set are labeled in the description column of the following table.
Property | Description |
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AnnouncementType | Specifies the type of announcement. |
Channel | The channel on which the interactive show appears. |
Netcard | The network interface card IP address. |
Network | The call letters of the television network affiliate. |
PreloadURL | The location of the starting page of the interactive show. You must set this value. |
SessionID | The session identifier. |
SessionVersion | The version number. |
ShowLength | Length of the interactive show, in seconds. |
ShowName | Name of the show being interactive. |
ShowRef | Show reference of the show being enhanced. |
ShowStart | The starting time and date of the interactive show. |
Station | The name of the station broadcasting the interactive show. |
Title | The title of the enhancement. You must set this value. |
TriggerIP | The IP address and port to which the client tunes to receive triggers for the interactive show. You must set this value. |
TTL | Time-to-live for the enhancement. You must set this value |
TuningSpace | The name of the tuning space on which the client receives the interactive show. |
UserID | The owner of the announcement. |
Method | Description |
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Clear | Resets the announcement object's properties to their default values. |
Load | Loads an announcement from a file. |
Store | Saves an announcement to a file. |
Windows NT: Unsupported.
Windows: Requires Windows 98.
Windows CE: Unsupported.
Header: Declared in stream.idl.
Import Library: Included as a resource in stream.dll.
Unicode: Yes.