Using the NetShow Unicast Manager Admin Control

The NetShow Unicast Manager SDK setup program installs and registers the NetShow Unicast Manager controls and related files. The control can be added to any Microsoft Visual Basic® or Visual C++® application like any other ActiveX control.

With the Unicast Manager Admin control, you can leverage the well-tested functionality for managing NetShow unicast services, which include:

• Setting and retrieving server properties, such as the maximum aggregate bandwidth and the maximum number of clients.
• Monitoring client behavior, including connections, disconnections, and titles played.
• Monitoring overall system activity, including server status, administration functions, and server limits.
• Filtering the types of events received by the control.

The properties exposed by the NetShow Manager Admin control are run time properties; that is, they are not available at design time. The values of these properties can not be set or returned until the Connect method has completed successfully.

As with any other ActiveX control, you can use the NetShow Unicast Manager Admin control directly in HTML pages (with or without Visual Basic Scripting) and in Visual Basic or Visual C++ applications. There are several convenient ways to embed ActiveX controls in HTML pages. You can use the ActiveX Control Pad, Microsoft Visual InterDev, or Microsoft FrontPage™. For more information on using ActiveX controls, see the Microsoft Web pages at http://www.microsoft.com/activex. You can also find additional information and resources listed in the “More Information and Examples” section of the NetShow Player Software Developer's Kit.