Chapter 11. The WinInet API
by David Bennett and Andrew J. Indovina
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Visual C++ 6.0 includes the Windows Internet Extensions API, known as WinInet. This includes both a set of C functions and an MFC class hierarchy that enables your applications to add connectivity to Internet servers without having to worry about the specifics of the underlying protocols, such as File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), or Gopher.
The WinInet APIs enable you to connect to Internet servers, search for files, and retrieve files. You also can send files to the server or even open a file in place ...
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