[Elecraft] K3 Production Firmware Release (3.63)

[Dick Dievendorff]

WinInet was, as I recall, initially developed by the Microsoft Internet
Explorer team.  The WinInet DLL functions were deemed useful and important
enough that they were included in the "core OS".  They're documented as part
of the Windows 32 API.

Internet Explorer and the command line FTP client both use the WinInet DLL.
So does the K3 Utility.

It wouldn't be fair to say, however, that the K3 Utility does its internet
access through Internet Explorer.

IE offers a "Tools" menu option to clear the WinInet cache.  There's also a
Windows Control Panel "Internet" applet that has similar ability.

Dick, K6KR


 


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 4:15 PM
To: Julian, G4ILO
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Production Firmware Release (3.63)

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:
>   
>> I'm confused, Jack. What does my browser have to do with the K3 utility?
>>
>>
>>     
> 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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