[Elecraft] K3 Production Firmware Release (3.63)

[Mike]

Actually, I think it the wininet functions come from the WinInet dll, 
not the browser.  At least in my program it does. Maybe IE uses that dll?

Mike

Julian, G4ILO wrote:
> Mike-14 wrote:
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>> I'm confused, Jack. What does my browser have to do with the K3 utility?
>>
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> I suspect that the Utility is doing its FTP using Wininet functions. For
> non-programmers that means it's essentially getting Internet Explorer to do
> the work invisibly in the background. It's a good method, as it usually
> avoids firewall problems - as long as the user's browser is allowed access
> to the web, the utility should be able to access it too - but it does mean
> that it is affected by browser settings. If someone happens to have a huge
> browser cache and the files are still there from last time then IE will
> "helpfully" show you those instead of looking for new ones.
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