custom web video player tool for different browser and file

Question

#region Properties
[Category("File URL")]
[Browsable(true)]
[Description("Set path to source file.")]
[Editor(typeof(System.Web.UI.Design.UrlEditor), 
typeof(System.Drawing.Design.UITypeEditor))]
public string FilePath
{
    get
    {
        return mFilePath;
    }

    set

    {

        if (value == string.Empty)

        {

            mFilePath = string.Empty;

        }

        else

         {

            int tilde = -1;

            tilde = value.IndexOf('~');

            if (tilde != -1)

             {

                  mFilePath = value.Substring((tilde + 2)).Trim();

             }

            else

            {

                mFilePath = value;

            }

        }

    }

}   // end FilePath property

  

[Category("Media Player")]

[Browsable(true)]

[Description("Show or hide the tracker.")]

public bool ShowTracker

{

    get

    {

        return mShowTracker;

    }

     set

     {

         mShowTracker = value;

     }

}

  

[Category("Media Player")]

[Browsable(true)]

[Description("Show or hide the position controls.")]

public bool ShowPositionControls

{

    get

    {

        return mShowPositionControls;

    }

    set

    {

        mShowPositionControls = value;

    }

}

  

[Category("Media Player")]

[Browsable(true)]

[Description("Show or hide the controls.")]

public bool ShowControls

{

    get

    {

        return mShowControls;

    }

    set

    {

        mShowControls = value;

    }

}

  

[Category("Media Player")]

[Browsable(true)]

[Description("Show or hide the status bar.")]

public bool ShowStatusBar

{

    get

    {

        return mShowStatusBar;

    }

    set

    {

         mShowStatusBar = value;

    }

}

#endregion

 

The last region of code contained in the custom control is that used to actually render the control:

#region "Rendering"
protected override void RenderContents(HtmlTextWriter writer)
{
    try
    {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        sb.Append("<object classid=clsid:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-
        0080C74C7E95 ");
        sb.Append("codebase=http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/
        controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=
        5,1,52,701 Width = " + Width.Value.ToString() + " Height = " 
        + Height.Value.ToString() + "type=application/x-oleobject 
        align=absmiddle");
        sb.Append("standby='Loading Microsoft+reg; Windows+reg; Media 
        Player components...' id=mp1 /> ");
        sb.Append("<param name=FileName value=" + FilePath.ToString() 
        + "> ");
        sb.Append("<param name=ShowStatusBar value=" + 
        ShowStatusBar.ToString() + "> ");
        sb.Append("<param name=ShowPositionControls value=" + 
        ShowPositionControls.ToString() + "> ");
        sb.Append("<param name=ShowTracker value=" + 
        ShowTracker.ToString() + "> ");
        sb.Append("<param name=ShowControls value=" + 
        ShowControls.ToString() + "> ");
        sb.Append("<embed src=" + FilePath.ToString() + " ");
        sb.Append("pluginspage=http://www.microsoft.com/
        Windows/MediaPlayer type=application/x-mplayer2 ");
        sb.Append("Width = " + Width.Value.ToString() + " ");
        sb.Append("Height = " + Height.Value.ToString());
        sb.Append(" /></embed></object>");
        writer.RenderBeginTag(HtmlTextWriterTag.Div);
        writer.Write(sb.ToString());
        writer.RenderEndTag();
    }

    catch

    {

        // with no properties set, this will render "Display PDF

        // Control" in a

        // a box on the page

        writer.RenderBeginTag(HtmlTextWriterTag.Div);

        writer.Write("Display WVC Control");

        writer.RenderEndTag();

    }  // end try-catch

}   // end RenderContents

#endregion