Annc

[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
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
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.

QuickInfo

  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.