ISoftDistExt interface

[ISoftDistExt may be altered or unavailable in subsequent versions of the operating system or product.]

Provides methods that are used by Software Update Channels, which is a specialized version of Active Channels, to register and install software distribution units.

Members

The ISoftDistExt interface inherits from the IUnknown interface. ISoftDistExt also has these types of members:

• Methods

Methods

The ISoftDistExt interface has these methods.

Method	Description
AsyncInstallDistributionUnit	Note   AsyncInstallDistributionUnit may be altered or unavailable in subsequent versions of the operating system or product.   Asynchronously installs the software distribution unit.
GetFirstCodeBase	Note   GetFirstCodeBase may be altered or unavailable in subsequent versions of the operating system or product.   Returns the first codebase URL from the specified software distribution unit.
GetNextCodeBase	Note   GetNextCodeBase may be altered or unavailable in subsequent versions of the operating system or product.   Returns the next codebase URL from the specified software distribution unit.
ProcessSoftDist	Note   ProcessSoftDist may be altered or unavailable in subsequent versions of the operating system or product.   Processes a software distribution unit from the specified Software Update Channel URL.

 

Remarks

Active Channels support was introduced in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and was removed in Windows Internet Explorer 7.

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows XP
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server
Product	Internet Explorer 3.0
Header	Urlmon.h
IDL	Urlmon.idl
DLL	Urlmon.dll