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This programming guide presents an overview of authorization and the general foundation of the event notification and authorization components of Microsoft® NetShow™ Theater Server. It describes how to use the Event Notification and Authorization API to create these components. This overview covers the following topics.
| Subject | Description |
| About the Event Notification and Authorization API | Introduces the general concept of authorization, and discusses the architecture of the event notification and authorization components. |
| Using the Event Notification and Authorization API | Describes how a server running NetShow Theater Server interacts with the event handling and authorization component, and how to register the components in the system registry. |
| Event Notification and Authorization Reference | Describes the specifications for implementing the COM interfaces of the notification and authorization components. |
| Event Notification and Authorization API Samples | Provides three sample applications that illustrate how to develop NetShow Theater Server event notification and authorization plug-in components to implement Pay-per-View and Pay-per-Minute billing systems, and perform membership validation. |