WppBindToSite Function

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Retrieves the address of an interface if the provider DLL owns the site name or the URL.

Syntax

LONG WppBindToSite(
    HWND hwnd,
    LPCTSTR wsSiteName,
    LPCTSTR wsURL,
    REFIID riid,
    DWORD fdwFlags,
    DWORD dwReserved,
    PVOID *ppvObj
);

Parameters

hwnd

Handle of the window to which the focus returns when the wizard, if invoked, completes. This parameter can be NULL if the wizard is not invoked or if this function is called from a console application.

wsSiteName

Optional. Address of a null-terminated string that contains an Internet site name.

wsURL

Optional. Address of a null-terminated string that contains a URL.

riid

Interface identifier. All providers should support the IID_IWPSite Interface identifier. Provider implementations that implement IWPProvider should also support the IID_IWPProvider ID.

fdwFlags

Action flags. Possible values are shown in the following list.

WPF_FORCE_BIND

The provider should not query the site to see whether it can post to it (that is, do not test whether the protocol used by the provider is supported by the server).

dwReserved

Reserved. Must be set to zero.

ppvObj

Address of a variable to receive the interface address.

Return Value

Returns ERROR_SUCCESS if successful, or an error code otherwise.

Function Information

Windows NT	Use version 4.0 and later
Windows	Use Windows 95 and later
Header	Declared in Wpapi.h
Import Library	Link with WebPost.lib
Minimum availability	Internet Explorer 4.0