IDirectPlayNATHelp Interface

Applications use the methods of the IDirectPlayNATHelp interface to simplify traversal through the Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) features available in Microsoft® Windows® Millennium Edition (Windows Me) and Windows XP.

IDirectPlayNATHelp Members

Close
Closes and unregisters this application with any Internet gateway servers. This method must be called on any object successfully initialized with IDirectPlayNATHelp.
GetCaps
Retrieves the capabilities of the Internet gateway server(s) and information about leased ports.
GetRegisteredAddresses
Returns the current public address mappings for the specified registered port group.
Initialize
Initializes an IDirectPlayNATHelp object. This method must be called before using any other functions.
QueryAddress
Determine a private alias for a given public address.
RegisterPorts
Asks for public realm port(s) that are aliases for the local port(s) on this private realm node.
SetAlertEvent
Specifies an event that will be set when maintenance needs to be performed.

Interface Information

Inherits from IUnknown
Header dpnathlp.h
Minimum operating systems Windows 98, Pocket PC 2002

Close	Closes and unregisters this application with any Internet gateway servers. This method must be called on any object successfully initialized with IDirectPlayNATHelp.
GetCaps	Retrieves the capabilities of the Internet gateway server(s) and information about leased ports.
GetRegisteredAddresses	Returns the current public address mappings for the specified registered port group.
Initialize	Initializes an IDirectPlayNATHelp object. This method must be called before using any other functions.
QueryAddress	Determine a private alias for a given public address.
RegisterPorts	Asks for public realm port(s) that are aliases for the local port(s) on this private realm node.
SetAlertEvent	Specifies an event that will be set when maintenance needs to be performed.

Inherits from	IUnknown
Header	dpnathlp.h
Minimum operating systems	Windows 98, Pocket PC 2002