CInternetConnection Class

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01/08/2013

Manages your connection to an Internet server.

class CInternetConnection : public CObject

Members

Public Constructors

Name	Description
CInternetConnection::CInternetConnection	Constructs a CInternetConnection object.

Public Methods

Name	Description
CInternetConnection::GetContext	Gets the context ID for this connection object.
CInternetConnection::GetServerName	Gets the name of the server associated with the connection.
CInternetConnection::GetSession	Gets a pointer to the CInternetSession object associated with the connection.

Public Operators

Name	Description
CInternetConnection::operator HINTERNET	A handle to an Internet session.

Remarks

It is the base class for MFC classes CFtpConnection, CHttpConnection, and CGopherConnection. Each of these classes provides additional functionality for communicating with the respective FTP, HTTP, or gopher server.

To communicate directly with an Internet server, you must have a CInternetSession object and a CInternetConnection object.

To learn more about how the WinInet classes work, see the article Internet Programming with WinInet.

Inheritance Hierarchy

CObject

CInternetConnection

Requirements

Header: afxinet.h