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Technical Questions

How do I create my own Pluggable Protocol for Internet Explorer version 4.0 and later?

The EtcProtocol sample included in the Knowledge Base article Computer Hangs Browsing a CD-ROM Drive in Some Compaq Computers

provides a demonstrates how to create your own Pluggable Protocol for Internet Explorer 4.0 and later.

I created a permanent pluggable namespace handler and entered a pattern into the registry for the namespace handler. However, my namespace handler is called for all protocol calls and not just the ones that match the patterns I entered into the registry.

Internet Explorer 4.0 ignores the pattern keys set in the registry when determining which permanent pluggable namespace handlers to invoke. The resolution is to create a temporary pluggable namespace handler instead of a permanent namespace handler. This is explained in the following Knowledge Base article: BUG: Registry Patterns Ignored for Pluggable Namespace Handlers.

I'm using URL Monikers to download data and I need to obtain low-level WinInet information about the download. How can I do this?

Knowledge Base article HOWTO: Get WinInet Information from a URL Moniker Binding

explains how to use the IWinInetHttpInfo and IWinInetInfo interfaces to obtain the WinInet information about a download when using URL Monikers to download data.

I would like to use the URL Monikers to send data to an HTTP server using the POST method. How can I do this?

Knowledge Base article SAMPLE: PostMon.exe Demonstrates Using URL Moniker to POST Data

explains the requirements for using URL Monikers to POST data to an HTTP server. The article includes a sample called PostMon.exe, which is a dialog-based application that demonstrates the modifications necessary to perform a POST.