How to initialize ActiveX Object In c#.net

tarun kumar

my code:
private AxWMPLib.AxWindowsMediaPlayer axWindowsMediaPlayer1;
this.axWindowsMediaPlayer1 = new AxWMPLib.AxWindowsMediaPlayer();
                ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.axWindowsMediaPlayer1)).BeginInit();
                this.SuspendLayout();
                //
                // axWindowsMediaPlayer1
                //
                axWindowsMediaPlayer1.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
                this.axWindowsMediaPlayer1.Enabled = true;
                this.axWindowsMediaPlayer1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(112, 88);
                this.axWindowsMediaPlayer1.Name = "axWindowsMediaPlayer1";
                this.axWindowsMediaPlayer1.OcxState = ((System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.State)(Resources.ResourceManager.GetObject("axWindowsMediaPlayer1.OcxState")));
                //this.axWindowsMediaPlayer1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(384, 248);
                this.axWindowsMediaPlayer1.TabIndex = 0;
                axWindowsMediaPlayer1.URL = url; //here url contain file location
                axWindowsMediaPlayer1.Ctlcontrols.play();

when i run this program it show me error that getobject method is not a part of resources.resourcemanager namespace

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tarun kumar16y ago
i have replaced my code with the one you said but by doing so i am getting compile time error because

this.axWindowMediaPlayer1 is not a type
so i replaced it with axwmplib.AxWindoMediaPlayer.
now i am getting run time exception that said.

"Could not find any resources appropriate for the specified culture or the neutral culture. Make sure "AxWMPLib.AxWindowsMediaPlayer.resources" was correctly embedded or linked into assembly "AxInterop.WMPLib" at compile time, or that all the satellite assemblies required are loadable and fully signed."

now my code is:
this.axWindowsMediaPlayer1 = new AxWMPLib.AxWindowsMediaPlayer();
                ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.axWindowsMediaPlayer1)).BeginInit();
                this.SuspendLayout();
                //
                // axWindowsMediaPlayer1
                //
                this.axWindowsMediaPlayer1.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
                this.axWindowsMediaPlayer1.Enabled = true;
                this.axWindowsMediaPlayer1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(112, 88);
                this.axWindowsMediaPlayer1.Name = "axWindowsMediaPlayer1";
                System.Resources.ResourceManager resources = new System.Resources.ResourceManager(typeof(AxWMPLib.AxWindowsMediaPlayer));
                this.axWindowsMediaPlayer1.OcxState = ((System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.State)(resources.GetObject("axWindowsMediaPlayer1.OcxState")));
                //this.axWindowsMediaPlayer1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(384, 248);
                this.axWindowsMediaPlayer1.TabIndex = 0;
                axWindowsMediaPlayer1.URL = url;
                axWindowsMediaPlayer1.Ctlcontrols.play();

Amit Choudhary16y ago

hi friend,

try to create the object of ResourceManager

System.Resources.ResourceManager resources = new System.Resources.ResourceManager(typeof(this.axWindowsMediaPlayer1));

this.axWindowsMediaPlayer1.OcxState = 
((System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.State)(resources.GetObject("axWindowsMediaPlayer1.OcxState")));

please mark as answer if it helps.