setting IE options

Bill Baxter dnewsgroup at billbaxter.com
Wed Dec 5 18:33:19 PST 2007


Tyro[a.c.edwards] wrote:
> Bill Baxter Wrote:
> 
>> Tyro[a.c.edwards] wrote:
>>> Bill Baxter Wrote:
>>>
>>>> Tyro[a.c.edwards] wrote:
>>>>> Tyro[a.c.edwards] Wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm looking for some guidance on how to Internet Explorer options using functionality available in D. I am trying to make the following work but cannot since I don't have a copy of wininet.lib:
>>>>> I located wininet.dll and build from it a .lib file using implib. However when attempting to compile the program the following error occurs:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Error 42: Symbol Undefined _InternetSetOption
>>>>> --- errorlevel 1
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there something I am missing?
>>>>> Any advice is appreciated.
>>>> You need to use the /system flag with implib.
>>>>
>>>> f:\usr\pkg\d>implib /h
>>>> Digital Mars Import Library Manager Version 7.6B1n
>>>> Copyright (C) Digital Mars 2000.  All Rights Reserved.
>>>> Usage:
>>>>          IMPLIB [switches] implibname.lib [ file.dll | file.def ]
>>>> switches:
>>>>          /?      Print this message
>>>>          /b      Batch
>>>>          /h      Print this message
>>>>          /i      Ignore case of symbols
>>>>          /noi    Be case sensitive. Mark library as case sensitive
>>>>          /nowep  Ignore WEP
>>>>          /p:number       Set page size to number (a power of 2)
>>>>          /system         Prepend '_' to exported internal names (NT 
>>>> system DLL)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---bb
>>>
>>> Thanks, I have tried both /i, /noi, /system, combinations, and now switch. However, no attempt thus far has produced the desired result.
>> Ah, ok.  Check dependency walker or dumbpin /exports.
>>
>> There is no InternetSetOption function.  Only these:
>>
>> InternetSetOptionA
>> InternetSetOptionExA
>> InternetSetOptionExW
>> InternetSetOptionW
>>
>>
>> You need to choose either the A or W version depending on what text 
>> encoding you're using.
>>
>> --bb
> 
> Unfortunately, that doesn't work either. I've used both options and gotten the same result. Again thanks for the assistance.

Did you use extern(Windows) or extern(System) when you declared the 
prototype for D to call?

--bb


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