Getting window handle of AXControlSite

Is there a way to get the window handle of an AXControlSite even if/when
there is no window displayed?

What I need to do is to call a WinInet function to establish a dialup
connection, and it requires a window handle. I have been getting the job
done by make the following call so far:

   WinInetLibrary default InternetDial: (theWindow handle)
                                       lpszConnectoid: theConnectoid
                                       dwFlags: 0
                                       lpdwConnection: connectStatus
                                       dwReserved: 0.

"theWindow" is nothing but a window returned by "ShellView new." Well, what
I have done is bad on a number of fronts. First, it calls a private method
"handle".  Second, it creates a window which I don't really need at all,
just to be able to initiate a dialup connection.  So I  would like to do
this correctly.  I am actually using some custom IWebBrowser classes
provided by Steve Waring to control Internet Explorer and MSHTML, but (I
think) the problem is the same whether I use Steve's classes or an
AXControlSite without actually showing a window.  This is in fact what I
want to do--control Explorer and get some data from the internet in a
totally unattended, windowless mode.  But I guess that I do need to allocate
a window in order make the WinInet call.  Note that the COM interface to
Explorer has a method to get a window handle, but I haven't gotten this to
work.  Sorry for the rambling here, but that happens when I don't really
know which direction to go :(.


Thanks for any advice.

John Whittaker

Hi John,

Me again:)

Have you tried this function (For WinInetLibrary);
=======================
internetAutodial: dwFlags dwReserved: dword

"Automatically causes the modem to dial the default Internet connection"
   "BOOL InternetAutodial(
    IN DWORD dwFlags,
    IN DWORD dwReserved
    );"

"// Flags for InternetAutodial
#define INTERNET_AUTODIAL_FORCE_ONLINE 1
#define INTERNET_AUTODIAL_FORCE_UNATTENDED 2
#define INTERNET_AUTODIAL_FAILIFSECURITYCHECK 4
"
<stdcall: bool InternetAutodial dword dword>
^self invalidCall
=====================
This creates a connection without intervention on my machine.

I suspect that you could use nil instead of a Window handle in InternetDial
as well, but have a good backup before trying.

Steve


"John Whittaker" <[hidden email]> wrote in message
news:LQ5e6.1187$[hidden email]... what
> I have done is bad on a number of fronts. First, it calls a private method
> "handle".  Second, it creates a window which I don't really need at all,
> just to be able to initiate a dialup connection.  So I  would like to do
> this correctly.  I am actually using some custom IWebBrowser classes
> provided by Steve Waring to control Internet Explorer and MSHTML, but (I
> think) the problem is the same whether I use Steve's classes or an
> AXControlSite without actually showing a window.  This is in fact what I
> want to do--control Explorer and get some data from the internet in a
> totally unattended, windowless mode.  But I guess that I do need to
allocate