INTERNET_STATUS_CALLBACK callback function (wininet.h)

Prototype for an application-defined status callback function.

The INTERNET_STATUS_CALLBACK type defines a pointer to this callback function.InternetStatusCallback is a placeholder for the application-defined function name.

Syntax

INTERNET_STATUS_CALLBACK InternetStatusCallback;

void InternetStatusCallback(
  [in] HINTERNET hInternet,
  [in] DWORD_PTR dwContext,
  [in] DWORD dwInternetStatus,
  [in] LPVOID lpvStatusInformation,
  [in] DWORD dwStatusInformationLength
)
{...}

Parameters

[in] hInternet

The handle for which the callback function is called.

[in] dwContext

A pointer to a variable that specifies the application-defined context value associated with hInternet.

[in] dwInternetStatus

A status code that indicates why the callback function is called. This parameter can be one of the following values.

Value	Meaning
INTERNET_STATUS_CLOSING_CONNECTION	Closing the connection to the server. The lpvStatusInformation parameter is NULL.
INTERNET_STATUS_CONNECTED_TO_SERVER	Successfully connected to the socket address (SOCKADDR) pointed to by lpvStatusInformation.
INTERNET_STATUS_CONNECTING_TO_SERVER	Connecting to the socket address (SOCKADDR) pointed to by lpvStatusInformation.
INTERNET_STATUS_CONNECTION_CLOSED	Successfully closed the connection to the server. The lpvStatusInformation parameter is NULL.
INTERNET_STATUS_COOKIE_HISTORY	Retrieving content from the cache. Contains data about past cookie events for the URL such as if cookies were accepted, rejected, downgraded, or leashed. The lpvStatusInformation parameter is a pointer to an InternetCookieHistory structure.
INTERNET_STATUS_COOKIE_RECEIVED	Indicates the number of cookies that were accepted, rejected, downgraded (changed from persistent to session cookies), or leashed (will be sent out only in 1st party context). The lpvStatusInformation parameter is a DWORD with the number of cookies received.
INTERNET_STATUS_COOKIE_SENT	Indicates the number of cookies that were either sent or suppressed, when a request is sent. The lpvStatusInformation parameter is a DWORD with the number of cookies sent or suppressed.
INTERNET_STATUS_CTL_RESPONSE_RECEIVED	Not implemented.
INTERNET_STATUS_DETECTING_PROXY	Notifies the client application that a proxy has been detected.
INTERNET_STATUS_HANDLE_CLOSING	This handle value has been terminated. pvStatusInformation contains the address of the handle being closed. The lpvStatusInformation parameter contains the address of the handle being closed.
INTERNET_STATUS_HANDLE_CREATED	Used by InternetConnect to indicate it has created the new handle. This lets the application call InternetCloseHandle from another thread, if the connect is taking too long. The lpvStatusInformation parameter contains the address of an HINTERNET handle.
INTERNET_STATUS_INTERMEDIATE_RESPONSE	Received an intermediate (100 level) status code message from the server.
INTERNET_STATUS_NAME_RESOLVED	Successfully found the IP address of the name contained in lpvStatusInformation. The lpvStatusInformation parameter points to a PCTSTR containing the host name.
INTERNET_STATUS_P3P_HEADER	The response has a P3P header in it.
INTERNET_STATUS_P3P_POLICYREF	Not implemented.
INTERNET_STATUS_PREFETCH	Not implemented.
INTERNET_STATUS_PRIVACY_IMPACTED	Not implemented.
INTERNET_STATUS_RECEIVING_RESPONSE	Waiting for the server to respond to a request. The lpvStatusInformation parameter is NULL.
INTERNET_STATUS_REDIRECT	An HTTP request is about to automatically redirect the request. The lpvStatusInformation parameter points to the new URL. At this point, the application can read any data returned by the server with the redirect response and can query the response headers. It can also cancel the operation by closing the handle. This callback is not made if the original request specified INTERNET_FLAG_NO_AUTO_REDIRECT.
INTERNET_STATUS_REQUEST_COMPLETE	An asynchronous operation has been completed. The lpvStatusInformation parameter contains the address of an INTERNET_ASYNC_RESULT structure.
INTERNET_STATUS_REQUEST_SENT	Successfully sent the information request to the server. The lpvStatusInformation parameter points to a DWORD value that contains the number of bytes sent.
INTERNET_STATUS_RESOLVING_NAME	Looking up the IP address of the name contained in lpvStatusInformation. The lpvStatusInformation parameter points to a PCTSTR containing the host name.
INTERNET_STATUS_RESPONSE_RECEIVED	Successfully received a response from the server.
INTERNET_STATUS_SENDING_REQUEST	Sending the information request to the server. The lpvStatusInformation parameter is NULL.
INTERNET_STATUS_STATE_CHANGE	Moved between a secure (HTTPS) and a nonsecure (HTTP) site. The user must be informed of this change; otherwise, the user is at risk of disclosing sensitive information involuntarily. When this flag is set, the lpvStatusInformation parameter points to a status DWORD that contains additional flags.

[in] lpvStatusInformation

A pointer to additional status information. When the INTERNET_STATUS_STATE_CHANGE flag is set, lpvStatusInformation points to a DWORD that contains one or more of the following flags:

Value	Meaning
INTERNET_STATE_CONNECTED	Connected state. Mutually exclusive with disconnected state.
INTERNET_STATE_DISCONNECTED	Disconnected state. No network connection could be established.
INTERNET_STATE_DISCONNECTED_BY_USER	Disconnected by user request.
INTERNET_STATE_IDLE	No network requests are being made by Windows Internet.
INTERNET_STATE_BUSY	Network requests are being made by Windows Internet.
INTERNET_STATUS_USER_INPUT_REQUIRED	The request requires user input to be completed.

[in] dwStatusInformationLength

The size, in bytes, of the data pointed to by lpvStatusInformation.

Return value

None

Remarks

Because callbacks are made during processing of the request, the application should spend little time in the callback function to avoid degrading data throughput on the network. For example, displaying a dialog box in a callback function can be such a lengthy operation that the server terminates the request.

The callback function can be called in a thread context different from the thread that initiated the request.

Like all other aspects of the WinINet API, this function cannot be safely called from within DllMain or the constructors and destructors of global objects.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	wininet.h

See also

Asynchronous Operation

Creating Status Callback Functions

INTERNET_ASYNC_RESULT

WinINet Functions