MFC Classes for Creating Internet Client Applications

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MFC provides the following classes and global functions for writing Internet client applications. Indentation indicates a class is derived from the unindented class above it. CGopherFile and CHttpFile derive from CInternetFile, for example. These classes and global functions are declared in AFXINET.H, except CFileFind, which is declared in AFX.H.

Classes

• CInternetSession

• CInternetConnection

  • CFtpConnection

  • CGopherConnection

  • CHttpConnection

• CInternetFile

  • CGopherFile

  • CHttpFile

• CFileFind

  • CFtpFileFind

  • CGopherFileFind

• CGopherLocator

• CInternetException

Global Functions

• AfxParseURL

• AfxGetInternetHandleType

• AfxThrowInternetException

See Also

Win32 Internet Extensions (WinInet)
Prerequisites for Internet Client Classes
Writing an Internet Client Application Using MFC WinInet Classes