FIX: Memory Leak in InternetOpenUrl Function in ActiveX SDK

RESOLUTION

If the URL in use is for the HTTP protocol, InternetConnect, HttpOpenRequest, and HttpSendRequest can be substituted for InternetOpenUrl, avoiding the problem.

EXAMPLE

The following code fragment:

hURL = InternetOpenUrl( hSession, "http://server/document.htm", NULL, 0,
    NULL, 1 );
				

could be changed to the following:

   hConnect = InternetConnect(hSession, "server",
    INTERNET_DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT, NULL, NULL, INTERNET_SERVICE_HTTP,
    NULL, NULL);
   hRequest = HttpOpenRequest(hConnect, NULL, "/document.htm", NULL, NULL,
    NULL, NULL, NULL);
   HttpSendRequest(hRequest, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);