INFO: WinInet APIs and Internet Explorer Version Information (252369)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Internet Services (WinInet)
This article was previously published under Q252369

SUMMARY

Some of the Win32 Internet Functions (WinInet) are unavailable if a system has an earlier version of Internet Explorer (and hence an earlier version of the wininet DLL) installed.

MORE INFORMATION

The following is a list of the API functions that were added in Internet Explorer 4 and Internet Explorer 5. If an API function that you are using does not appear in the list, then it was introduced in Internet Explorer 3.

API Functions Introduced in Internet Explorer 4

CreateUrlCacheGroup
DeleteUrlCacheGroup
FindFirstUrlCacheEntryEx
FindNextUrlCacheEntryEx
GetUrlCacheEntryInfoEx
HttpEndRequest
HttpSendRequestEx
InternetAutodial
InternetAutodialHangup
InternetDial
InternetGetConnectedState
InternetGoOnline
InternetHangUp
InternetReadFileEx
SetUrlCacheEntryGroup

API Functions Introduced in Internet Explorer 5

FindFirstUrlCacheGroup
FindNextUrlCacheGroup
FtpCommand
FtpGetFileSize
GetUrlCacheGroupAttribute
InternetGetConnectedStateEx
SetUrlCacheGroupAttribute

Please note that UNICODE versions of WinInet functions were introduced in Internet Explorer 5.

Obsolete or Unimplemented API Functions

InternetInitializeAutoProxyDll
InternetSetDialState
InternetSetOptionEx
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/17/2002
Keywords:kbinfo KB252369
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