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This list contains a number of useful tasks that can be accomplished using the Internet Client SDK. The tasks are divided by subjects and include links to the section it is found in and the actual document. To link to information on a particular task, click the to the left of the task. If the specific task you are interested in is not covered in this list, you should investigate the documentation in the sections that have similar questions or that cover the general topic you are interested in.
Active Channels

Task    Location

Adding an Active Channel to the channel pane.    Internet Tools and Technologies, Microsoft Information Delivery API Reference.

Adding an channel category to the channel pane.    Internet Tools and Technologies, Microsoft Information Delivery API Reference.

Channel Definition Format (CDF) Reference    Delivering Content to the Web, CDF Reference for Active Channels.

Creating an Active Channel.    Delivering Content to the Web, Creating Active Channels.

Extensible Markup Language (XML)    See Extensible Markup Language (XML).

Features.    Delivering Content to the Web, Creating Active Channels.

Hit Logging APIs    Internet Tools and Technologies, Hit Logging API.

Microsoft CDF Generator    Delivering Content to the Web, Microsoft CDF Generator.

Active Desktop

Task    Location

Adding an Active Desktop item.    Internet Tools and Technologies, Active Desktop Interface.

Creating a desktop item    Delivering Content to the Web, Creating Active Desktop Items.

Enumerating Active Desktop items.    Internet Tools and Technologies, Active Desktop Interface.

Overview of the IActiveDesktop interface.    Internet Tools and Technologies, Active Desktop Interface.

Active Documents

Task    Location

Creating an Active Document server.    Component Development, Programming an Active Document Server.

Hosting    Component Development, Programming an Active Document Container.

ActiveX Controls

Task    Location

Access an ActiveX Control that is stored in a .cab file.    Component Development, Packaging ActiveX Controls.

Component categories, Using to identify general capabilities.    Component Development, COM Objects for the Internet.

Component categories, Using to identify safety features.    Component Development, Safe Initialization and Scripting for ActiveX Controls.

Initialization, identifying the ActiveX Control as safe for.    Component Development, Safe Initialization and Scripting for ActiveX Controls.

License package (.lpk) file, Creating.    Component Development, Licensing ActiveX Controls.

Licensing, Supporting design-time licensing.    Component Development, Licensing ActiveX Controls.

Licensing, Supporting run-time licensing.    Component Development, Licensing ActiveX Controls.

Navigating to a hyperlink target.    Component Developmet, Hyperlinks.

OLE Automation control (.ocx), Converting to ActiveX.    Component Development, Introduction to ActiveX Controls.

OLE interfaces that should supported.    Component Development, Introduction to ActiveX Controls.

Packaging an ActiveX Control for efficient download.    Component Development, Packaging ActiveX Controls.

Packaging an ActiveX Control in a .cab file.    Component Development, Packaging ActiveX Controls.

Persistent data, storing.    Component Development, COM Objects for the Internet.

Progressive data-retrieval, Supporting.    Component Development, COM Objects for the Internet.

Safety features, Identifying safety features using Component categories.    Component Development, Safe Initialization and Scripting for ActiveX Controls.

Safety features, Identifying safety features using IObjectSafety.    Component Development, Safe Initialization and Scripting for ActiveX Controls.

Scripting, Identify the ActiveX Control as safe for.    Component Development, Safe Initialization and Scripting for ActiveX Controls.

Test certificate, Creating.    Component Development, Packaging ActiveX Controls.

Threading, Supporting in an ActiveX Control.    Component Development, Introduction to ActiveX Controls.

ActiveX Scripting

Task    Location

Scripting host, Creating.    Component Development, ActiveX Scripting Hosts.

Scripting engine, Creating.    Component Development, ActiveX Scripting Engines.

Authentication

Task    Location

Using Win32 Internet functions.    Internet Tools and Technologies, Microsoft Win32 Internet Functions Overview.

Caching

See Internet Cache.
Cabinet (CAB) Files

See the CAB SDK, which is available as a self-extracting executable in the \bin directory of the Internet Client SDK. See Component Packaging for more information.
Channel Definition Format (CDF)

Task    Location

Channel Definition Format (CDF) Reference    Delivering Content to the Web, CDF Reference for Active Channels.

Microsoft CDF Generator    Delivering Content to the Web, Microsoft CDF Generator.

Extensible Markup Language (XML)    See Extensible Markup Language (XML).

Software Update Channels    See Software Update Channels.

Channels

See Active Channels.
Chat Control

See Microsoft Chat Control.
Common Controls

Task    Location

Control bar (rebar), Implementing in an application.    Internet Tools and Technologies, Rebar Controls.

Drawing, Controlling drawing of a common control.    Internet Tools and Technologies, Custom Draw.

Connecting to the Internet

Task    Location

Using the Win 32 Internet functions.    Internet Tools and Technologies, Microsoft Win32 Internet Functions Overview.

Downloading Internet Resources

Task    Location

Creating a URL Moniker.    Internet Tools and Technologies, Asynchronous and URL Monikers Overview.

Using Win32 Internet functions for a FTP Resource.    Internet Tools and Technologies, Microsoft Win32 Internet Functions Overview.

Using Win32 Internet functions for an HTTP Resource.    Internet Tools and Technologies, Microsoft Win32 Internet Functions Overview.

Dynamic HTML

Task    Location

Creating multimedia effects using Filters.    Dynamic HTML, Filters and Transitions.

Embedding fonts into a Web page.    Dynamic HTML, Font Embedding.

Event handlers.    Dynamic HTML, Understanding the Event Model.

Manipulating text in an HTML document.    Dynamic HTML, Dynamic Content.

Programming the Document Object Model from C/C++    Internet Tools and Technologies, Programming the Document Object Model from C/C++.

Publishing data on an HTML page without using complex server-side scripts.    Dynamic HTML, Data Binding.

Specifying precise positioning and layering information on HTML elements    Dynamic HTML, Positioning.

Extensible Markup Language (XML)

Task    Location

Information and related links.    http://www.microsoft.com/sitebuilder/standards/xml/.

Object model.    Internet Tools and Technologies, XML Object Model.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

Task    Location

Overview of the Win32 Internet API's FTP functions.    Internet Tools and Technologies, Microsoft Win32 Internet Functions Reference.

Internet Cache

Task    Location

Creating a cache container.    Internet Tools and Technologies, Cache Container Tool (Cdcache.exe).

Creating a cache entry.    Internet Tools and Technologies, Microsoft Win32 Internet Functions Overview.

Enumerating the cache.    Internet Tools and Technologies, Microsoft Win32 Internet Functions Overview.

Retrieving cache entry information.    Internet Tools and Technologies, Microsoft Win32 Internet Functions Overview.

Microsoft Chat Control

Task    Location

Chat client Web page, Creating.    Component Library, Microsoft Chat Control 1.1 Visual Basic Overview.

User interface, Configuring.    Component Library, Microsoft Chat Control 1.1 Visual Basic Overview.

Sending messages and data in a chat room.    Component Library, Microsoft Chat Control 1.1 Visual Basic Overview.

MIME

Task    Location

Detection by Internet Explorer 4.0.    Internet Tools and Technologies, Asynchronous and URL Monikers Overview.

Open Software Description (OSD)

Task    Location

Extensible Markup Language (XML)    See Extensible Markup Language (XML).

Information and related links.    http://www.microsoft.com/sitebuilder/standards/osd/.

Microsoft Internet Component Download    Internet Tools and Technologies, Microsoft Internet Component Download.

Overview    Internet Tools and Technologies, Open Software Description (OSD).

Reference    Internet Tools and Technologies, Open Software Description (OSD).

Profile Assistant

Task    Location

Introduction    Delivering Content to the Web, Profile Assistant.

Using the Profile Assistant    Delivering Content to the Web, Profile Assistant.

Redistribution

Task    Location

Redistribution of Microsoft Internet Explorer technologies, such as the WebBrowser control, WININET.DLL, URLMON.DLL, or COMCTL32.DLL.    Internet Tools and Technologies, Licensing and Distribution.

Using the Minimal Installation Package    Internet Tools and Technologies, Licensing and Distribution.

Security Zones

See URL Security Zones.
Software Update Channels

Task    Location

Creating a Software Update Channel.    Delivering Content to the Web, Creating Software Update Channels.

CDF, Extensions for Software Update Channels.    Delivering Content to the Web, CDF Extensions for Software Update Channels.

Open Software Description (OSD)    See Open Software Description (OSD).

Tabular Data Control (TDC)

Task    Location

Dynamic Filtering, Supporting dynamic filtering of tabular data on a Web page.    Component Library, Microsoft Tabular Data Control.

Dynamic Sorting, Supporting dynamic sorting of tabular data on a Web page.    Component Library, Microsoft Tabular Data Control.

Using in a Web page?    Component Library, Microsoft Tabular Data Control.

Taskbar

Task    Location

Adding an icon.    Internet Tools and Technologies, Taskbar.

Task Scheduler

Task    Location

add an application to the list of scheduled tasks?    Internet Tools and Techonologies, About the Task Scheduler.

URL Security Zones

Task    Location

Default URL Security Zones    Internet Tools and Technologies, URL Security Zones Overview.

Handling URL Security Zones    Internet Tools and Technologies, URL Security Zones Overview.

Overview    Internet Tools and Technologies, URL Security Zones Overview.

Web Browser Control

Task    Location

Adding Internet browsing functionality to an application using C/C++.    Internet Tools and Techonologies, Reusing the WebBrowser Control.

Adding Internet browsing functionality to an application using Visual Basic.    Internet Tools and Techonologies, Reusing the WebBrowser Control

Changing fonts.    Internet Tools and Technologies, Reusing the WebBrowser Control.

Control an instance of Internet Explorer from my application/    Internet Tools and Technologies, Reusing the WebBrowser Control.

Printing Web pages (C/C++).    Internet Tools and Technologies, Reusing the WebBrowser Control.

Printing Web pages (Visual Basic).    Internet Tools and Technologies, Reusing the WebBrowser Control.

Windows Shell

Task    Location

Creating a band that can be viewed on the shell's taskbar.    Internet Tools and Technologies, Band Objects.

Creating a shell name space extension.    Internet Tools and Technologies, Shell Namespace.

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Task		Location
	Adding an Active Channel to the channel pane.	Internet Tools and Technologies, Microsoft Information Delivery API Reference.
	Adding an channel category to the channel pane.	Internet Tools and Technologies, Microsoft Information Delivery API Reference.
	Channel Definition Format (CDF) Reference	Delivering Content to the Web, CDF Reference for Active Channels.
	Creating an Active Channel.	Delivering Content to the Web, Creating Active Channels.
	Extensible Markup Language (XML)	See Extensible Markup Language (XML).
	Features.	Delivering Content to the Web, Creating Active Channels.
	Hit Logging APIs	Internet Tools and Technologies, Hit Logging API.
	Microsoft CDF Generator	Delivering Content to the Web, Microsoft CDF Generator.

Task		Location
	Adding an Active Desktop item.	Internet Tools and Technologies, Active Desktop Interface.
	Creating a desktop item	Delivering Content to the Web, Creating Active Desktop Items.
	Enumerating Active Desktop items.	Internet Tools and Technologies, Active Desktop Interface.
	Overview of the IActiveDesktop interface.	Internet Tools and Technologies, Active Desktop Interface.

Task		Location
	Creating an Active Document server.	Component Development, Programming an Active Document Server.
	Hosting	Component Development, Programming an Active Document Container.

Task		Location
	Access an ActiveX Control that is stored in a .cab file.	Component Development, Packaging ActiveX Controls.
	Component categories, Using to identify general capabilities.	Component Development, COM Objects for the Internet.
	Component categories, Using to identify safety features.	Component Development, Safe Initialization and Scripting for ActiveX Controls.
	Initialization, identifying the ActiveX Control as safe for.	Component Development, Safe Initialization and Scripting for ActiveX Controls.
	License package (.lpk) file, Creating.	Component Development, Licensing ActiveX Controls.
	Licensing, Supporting design-time licensing.	Component Development, Licensing ActiveX Controls.
	Licensing, Supporting run-time licensing.	Component Development, Licensing ActiveX Controls.
	Navigating to a hyperlink target.	Component Developmet, Hyperlinks.
	OLE Automation control (.ocx), Converting to ActiveX.	Component Development, Introduction to ActiveX Controls.
	OLE interfaces that should supported.	Component Development, Introduction to ActiveX Controls.
	Packaging an ActiveX Control for efficient download.	Component Development, Packaging ActiveX Controls.
	Packaging an ActiveX Control in a .cab file.	Component Development, Packaging ActiveX Controls.
	Persistent data, storing.	Component Development, COM Objects for the Internet.
	Progressive data-retrieval, Supporting.	Component Development, COM Objects for the Internet.
	Safety features, Identifying safety features using Component categories.	Component Development, Safe Initialization and Scripting for ActiveX Controls.
	Safety features, Identifying safety features using IObjectSafety.	Component Development, Safe Initialization and Scripting for ActiveX Controls.
	Scripting, Identify the ActiveX Control as safe for.	Component Development, Safe Initialization and Scripting for ActiveX Controls.
	Test certificate, Creating.	Component Development, Packaging ActiveX Controls.
	Threading, Supporting in an ActiveX Control.	Component Development, Introduction to ActiveX Controls.

Task		Location
	Scripting host, Creating.	Component Development, ActiveX Scripting Hosts.
	Scripting engine, Creating.	Component Development, ActiveX Scripting Engines.

Task			Location
	Using Win32 Internet functions.		Internet Tools and Technologies, Microsoft Win32 Internet Functions Overview.

Task		Location
	Control bar (rebar), Implementing in an application.	Internet Tools and Technologies, Rebar Controls.
	Drawing, Controlling drawing of a common control.	Internet Tools and Technologies, Custom Draw.

Task			Location
	Using the Win 32 Internet functions.		Internet Tools and Technologies, Microsoft Win32 Internet Functions Overview.

Task		Location
	Creating a URL Moniker.	Internet Tools and Technologies, Asynchronous and URL Monikers Overview.
	Using Win32 Internet functions for a FTP Resource.	Internet Tools and Technologies, Microsoft Win32 Internet Functions Overview.
	Using Win32 Internet functions for an HTTP Resource.	Internet Tools and Technologies, Microsoft Win32 Internet Functions Overview.

Task		Location
	Creating multimedia effects using Filters.	Dynamic HTML, Filters and Transitions.
	Embedding fonts into a Web page.	Dynamic HTML, Font Embedding.
	Event handlers.	Dynamic HTML, Understanding the Event Model.
	Manipulating text in an HTML document.	Dynamic HTML, Dynamic Content.
	Programming the Document Object Model from C/C++	Internet Tools and Technologies, Programming the Document Object Model from C/C++.
	Publishing data on an HTML page without using complex server-side scripts.	Dynamic HTML, Data Binding.
	Specifying precise positioning and layering information on HTML elements	Dynamic HTML, Positioning.

Task		Location
	Information and related links.	http://www.microsoft.com/sitebuilder/standards/xml/.
	Object model.	Internet Tools and Technologies, XML Object Model.

Task			Location
	Overview of the Win32 Internet API's FTP functions.		Internet Tools and Technologies, Microsoft Win32 Internet Functions Reference.

Task		Location
	Creating a cache container.	Internet Tools and Technologies, Cache Container Tool (Cdcache.exe).
	Creating a cache entry.	Internet Tools and Technologies, Microsoft Win32 Internet Functions Overview.
	Enumerating the cache.	Internet Tools and Technologies, Microsoft Win32 Internet Functions Overview.
	Retrieving cache entry information.	Internet Tools and Technologies, Microsoft Win32 Internet Functions Overview.

Task		Location
	Chat client Web page, Creating.	Component Library, Microsoft Chat Control 1.1 Visual Basic Overview.
	User interface, Configuring.	Component Library, Microsoft Chat Control 1.1 Visual Basic Overview.
	Sending messages and data in a chat room.	Component Library, Microsoft Chat Control 1.1 Visual Basic Overview.

Task			Location
	Detection by Internet Explorer 4.0.		Internet Tools and Technologies, Asynchronous and URL Monikers Overview.

Task		Location
	Introduction	Delivering Content to the Web, Profile Assistant.
	Using the Profile Assistant	Delivering Content to the Web, Profile Assistant.

Task		Location
	Redistribution of Microsoft Internet Explorer technologies, such as the WebBrowser control, WININET.DLL, URLMON.DLL, or COMCTL32.DLL.	Internet Tools and Technologies, Licensing and Distribution.
	Using the Minimal Installation Package	Internet Tools and Technologies, Licensing and Distribution.

Task		Location
	Creating a Software Update Channel.	Delivering Content to the Web, Creating Software Update Channels.
	CDF, Extensions for Software Update Channels.	Delivering Content to the Web, CDF Extensions for Software Update Channels.
	Open Software Description (OSD)	See Open Software Description (OSD).

Task		Location
	Dynamic Filtering, Supporting dynamic filtering of tabular data on a Web page.	Component Library, Microsoft Tabular Data Control.
	Dynamic Sorting, Supporting dynamic sorting of tabular data on a Web page.	Component Library, Microsoft Tabular Data Control.
	Using in a Web page?	Component Library, Microsoft Tabular Data Control.

Task			Location
	Adding an icon.		Internet Tools and Technologies, Taskbar.

Task			Location
	add an application to the list of scheduled tasks?		Internet Tools and Techonologies, About the Task Scheduler.

Task		Location
	Default URL Security Zones	Internet Tools and Technologies, URL Security Zones Overview.
	Handling URL Security Zones	Internet Tools and Technologies, URL Security Zones Overview.
	Overview	Internet Tools and Technologies, URL Security Zones Overview.

Task		Location
	Adding Internet browsing functionality to an application using C/C++.	Internet Tools and Techonologies, Reusing the WebBrowser Control.
	Adding Internet browsing functionality to an application using Visual Basic.	Internet Tools and Techonologies, Reusing the WebBrowser Control
	Changing fonts.	Internet Tools and Technologies, Reusing the WebBrowser Control.
	Control an instance of Internet Explorer from my application/	Internet Tools and Technologies, Reusing the WebBrowser Control.
	Printing Web pages (C/C++).	Internet Tools and Technologies, Reusing the WebBrowser Control.
	Printing Web pages (Visual Basic).	Internet Tools and Technologies, Reusing the WebBrowser Control.

Task		Location
	Creating a band that can be viewed on the shell's taskbar.	Internet Tools and Technologies, Band Objects.
	Creating a shell name space extension.	Internet Tools and Technologies, Shell Namespace.