IHlinkBrowseContext Interface

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This interface enables a COM object to define and manage the browse context for an ActiveX® hyperlink application.

IHlinkBrowseContext Methods

Clone	Duplicates a browse context.
Close	Closes the hyperlink browse context.
EnumNavigationStack	Retrieves an enumerator used to enumerate the contents of the navigation stack.
GetBrowseWindowInfo	Retrieves the browse window information structure associated with this browse context.
GetHlink	Retrieves a hyperlink from this browse context.
GetObject	Retrieves an object registered in the browse context under the given name.
OnNavigateHlink	Notifies a browse context that a hyperlink has been clicked.
QueryHlink	Tests the validity of a hyperlink ID value.
Register	Registers an object with the browse context.
Revoke	Revokes an object registered with this browse context.
SetBrowseWindowInfo	Establishes the HLBWINFO structure of this browse context.
SetCurrentHlink	Sets the current hyperlink in this browse context's navigation stack.
SetInitialHlink	Not currently supported.
UpdateHlink	Not currently supported.

Interface Information

Implementation	Hyperlink Browse Context Object (Hlink.dll)
Inherits from	IUnknown
Header and IDL files	Hlink.h; Hlink.idl
Minimum availability	Internet Explorer 4.0
Minimum operating systems	Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0

Windows CE

Windows CE	Use version 2.12 and later
Minimum availability	Internet Explorer 4.0

Remarks

A hyperlink browse context keeps track of the order in which the object or documents (perhaps belonging to different processes) have been visited and places them in a navigation stack. The context also enables or disables buttons such as Forward or Back for each entry in the navigation stack. In addition, the context maintains window positioning information for hyperlink targets so that a hyperlink application can provide a seamless user interface.

Browse context objects are not required for hyperlink navigation. HlinkSimpleNavigateToString and HlinkSimpleNavigateToMoniker provide examples of navigation between hyperlink containers and hyperlink targets that do not use a browse context.