Connection Manager Extensions (Compact 7)
3/12/2014
Connection Manager has extensions in Winsock and WinInet. The Connection Manager extension in WinSock implements the WinSock specific functionality of Connection Manager and maintains the WinSock specific state, including mapping between sockets and sessions. The WinINet extension maintains the WinINet specific state.
The Connection Manager extensions in Winsock are WSAConnectByName and WSAConnectByList.
The WinINET extension is a new InternetQueryOption INTERNET_OPTION_CM_HANDLE_COPY_REF. The new query option allows applications to retrieve a reference to a CM_SESSION_HANDLE. The CM_SESSION_HANDLE is used by WinInet in calls following HttpOpenRequest; for example, HttpSendRequest.