Annc.ShowRef

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

The ShowRef property contains the show reference that describes the interactive show.

Syntax

object.ShowRef [ = sShowRef ]

Parts

object: Object expression that resolves to an Annc object.
sShowRef: String that contains the show reference of the interactive show. For details about the format of this string, see Show Reference Format.

Remarks

The Annc object automatically updates the show reference when one of its component fields changes and vice versa. Thus you can either set the show reference string explicitly in ShowReference or you can set the values for the Station, Network, TuningSpace, ShowName, Channel, ShowStart, and ShowLength properties and the Annc object will build the corresponding show reference string and store it in ShowReference.

Typically you do not set the ShowReference property directly. Instead you set values for the component properties mentioned preceding. The Annc object automatically generates the show reference for you and stores the value in ShowReference.

Examples

The following example sets the show reference by setting its component properties.

Dim ann As Annc
Set ann = New Annc
 
'Set values for the show reference component properties.
ann.Station = "KZZZ" 
ann.Network = "MSNBC"
ann.TuningSpace = "Broadcast"
ann.ShowName = "Time & Again"
ann.Channel = 9
ann.ShowLength = 1800
 
'Specify the announcement is for a future show
'(If the announcement is for a currently-broadcast show
' the show reference does not contain the start time and you can 
' omit the following two lines.)
ann.AnnouncementType = anncFuture 
ann.ShowStart = #2/4/1998 8:00PM#
 
'Store the show reference created by the Annc object 
'in the string variable, MyShowRef.
MyShowRef = ann.ShowRef  'This sets the variable MyShowRef equal to 
'"1998/2/4!0/0/0!20:0!0!0!0!0!0!0!0!0!'MSNBC'!'KZZZ'!'Broadcast'!'9'!'Time & Again'"

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