CoInternetIsFeatureEnabled function

Determines whether the specified feature control is enabled.

Syntax

HRESULT CoInternetIsFeatureEnabled(
       INTERNETFEATURELIST FeatureEntry,
  _In_ DWORD               dwFlags
);

Parameters

FeatureEntry

A feature control from the INTERNETFEATURELIST enumeration.

dwFlags [in]

Specifies where to get the feature control value from.

GET_FEATURE_FROM_THREAD (0x00000001)

The current thread.

GET_FEATURE_FROM_PROCESS (0x00000002)

The current process.

GET_FEATURE_FROM_REGISTRY (0x00000004)

Reserved. Do not use.

GET_FEATURE_FROM_THREAD_LOCALMACHINE (0x00000008)

The local machine zone.

GET_FEATURE_FROM_THREAD_INTRANET (0x00000010)

The intranet zone.

GET_FEATURE_FROM_THREAD_TRUSTED (0x00000020)

The trusted zone.

GET_FEATURE_FROM_THREAD_INTERNET (0x00000040)

The Internet zone.

GET_FEATURE_FROM_THREAD_RESTRICTED (0x00000080)

The restricted zone.

Return value

Returns one of the following values.

Return code	Description
S_OK	The feature is enabled.
S_FALSE	The feature is disabled.
E_FAIL	The FeatureEntry parameter is invalid.

 

Remarks

The CoInternetIsFeatureEnabled function was introduced in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).

CoInternetIsFeatureEnabledForUrl is the recommended function to use for the FEATURE_ZONE_ELEVATION feature control, the FEATURE_MIME_SNIFFING feature control, and the FEATURE_WINDOW_RESTRICTIONS feature control.

Note  Flags of the form GET_FEATURE_FROM_THREAD* (where "*" indicates zero or more characters) should only be used when the Feature entry is either FEATURE_LOCAL_MACHINE_LOCKDOWN or FEATURE_PROTOCOL_LOCKDOWN.

 

Examples

This code snippet uses CoInternetIsFeatureEnabled to check four features of Internet Explorer, and displays a message box that states whether the features are enabled under the current process.

    WCHAR wszErrMsg[MAX_BUFFER_SIZE];
    StringCchCopy(wszErrMsg, ARRAYSIZE(wszErrMsg), L"Current Status of Information Bar Features:\n");
    HRESULT result;
    
    result = CoInternetIsFeatureEnabled(FEATURE_SECURITYBAND,GET_FEATURE_FROM_PROCESS);
    if (result==S_OK)
        StringCchCat(wszErrMsg, ARRAYSIZE(wszErrMsg), L"\tInformation Bar=On\n");
    else if (result==S_FALSE)
        StringCchCat(wszErrMsg, ARRAYSIZE(wszErrMsg), L"\tInformation Bar=Off\n");
    else
        StringCchCat(wszErrMsg, ARRAYSIZE(wszErrMsg), L"\tInformation Bar=ERROR\n");
        
    result = CoInternetIsFeatureEnabled(FEATURE_WEBOC_POPUPMANAGEMENT,GET_FEATURE_FROM_PROCESS);
    if (result==S_OK)
        StringCchCat(wszErrMsg, ARRAYSIZE(wszErrMsg), L"\tPopup Management=On\n");
    else if (result==S_FALSE)
        StringCchCat(wszErrMsg, ARRAYSIZE(wszErrMsg), L"\tPopup Management=Off\n");
    else
        StringCchCat(wszErrMsg, ARRAYSIZE(wszErrMsg), L"\tPopup Management=ERROR\n");
        
    result = CoInternetIsFeatureEnabled(FEATURE_RESTRICT_FILEDOWNLOAD,GET_FEATURE_FROM_PROCESS);
    if (result==S_OK)
        StringCchCat(wszErrMsg, ARRAYSIZE(wszErrMsg), L"\tFile Restriction=On\n");
    else if (result==S_FALSE)
        StringCchCat(wszErrMsg, ARRAYSIZE(wszErrMsg), L"\tFile Restriction=Off\n");
    else
        StringCchCat(wszErrMsg, ARRAYSIZE(wszErrMsg), L"\tFile Restriction=ERROR\n");
        
    result = CoInternetIsFeatureEnabled(FEATURE_RESTRICT_ACTIVEXINSTALL,GET_FEATURE_FROM_PROCESS);
    if (result==S_OK)
        StringCchCat(wszErrMsg, ARRAYSIZE(wszErrMsg), L"\tActiveX Restriction=On\n");
    else if (result==S_FALSE)
        StringCchCat(wszErrMsg, ARRAYSIZE(wszErrMsg), L"\tActiveX Restriction=Off\n");
    else
        StringCchCat(wszErrMsg, ARRAYSIZE(wszErrMsg), L"\tActiveX Restriction=ERROR\n");

    MessageBox(wszErrMsg, L"Information Bar Feature Status Results", MB_OK);

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows XP with SP2
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2003
Product	Internet Explorer 6.0
Header	Urlmon.h
Library	Urlmon.lib
DLL	Urlmon.dll