CInternetSession Fails to create under IE7RC1, Beta3,2 and 1

[Jase]

Hi,

I understand this is a common issue, I have raised cases under the Microsoft
Connect Bugs database (192358, 176476, 176476, 67139, 71152, 75086), yet
they seem keen to close the cases off without fixing them. This should be a
simple issue to resolve. However I am asking for help from the news group
to either vote for the issue to nudge MS along to fix the API, or can anyone
advise a way I can achieve the same with IE7.

Details are:-

Reproduction Steps

Call is set up as follows :-

class CMyInternetSession : public CInternetSession
{
public:
CMyInternetSession(LPCTSTR pstrAgent = NULL,
DWORD dwContext = 1,
DWORD dwAccessType = INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PRECONFIG,
LPCTSTR pstrProxyName = NULL,
LPCTSTR pstrProxyBypass = NULL,
DWORD dwFlags = INTERNET_FLAG_DONT_CACHE | INTERNET_FLAG_RELOAD) :
CInternetSession(pstrAgent, dwContext,
dwAccessType,
pstrProxyName,
pstrProxyBypass,
dwFlags) {}
virtual void OnStatusCallback(DWORD dwContext, DWORD dwInternetStatus,
LPVOID lpvStatusInformation, DWORD dwStatusInformationLength);
private:
void SetStatusText(char *mess);
};

Now
CMyInternetSession session(NULL,
1,
INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PROXY|INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PRECONFIG,
ProxyServer,
NULL,INTERNET_FLAG_DONT_CACHE);
//session.EnableStatusCallback(TRUE); // Enable Status Callbacks for
Async Operation
CHttpConnection*
pConnection=session.GetHttpConnection(m_Server,m_Port,m_Username,m_Password);
CHttpFile* pFile=pConnection->OpenRequest(1,m_Object);

Expected Results

A Handle is returned for the CInternetSession, however an exception is
thrown, the call fails, debug details below
Expected Results

An Internet Handle is achieved.
Having run through the API call using a debugger I found the following
00636DA5 8B 4D 1C mov ecx,dword ptr [dwFlags]
00636DA8 51 push ecx
00636DA9 8B 55 18 mov edx,dword ptr [pstrProxyBypass]
00636DAC 52 push edx
00636DAD 8B 45 14 mov eax,dword ptr [pstrProxyName]
00636DB0 50 push eax
00636DB1 8B 4D 10 mov ecx,dword ptr [dwAccessType]
00636DB4 51 push ecx
00636DB5 8B 55 08 mov edx,dword ptr [pstrAgent]
00636DB8 52 push edx
00636DB9 FF 15 24 64 72 00 call dword ptr [__imp__InternetOpenA@20
(726424h)]
00636DBF 8B 4D F0 mov ecx,dword ptr [this]
00636DC2 89 41 08 mov dword ptr [ecx+8],eax
00636DC5 8B 55 F0 mov edx,dword ptr [this]
00636DC8 83 7A 08 00 cmp dword ptr [edx+8],0
00636DCC 75 10 jne CInternetSession::CInternetSession+0B9h (636DDEh)
00636DCE 6A 00 push 0
00636DD0 8B 45 F0 mov eax,dword ptr [this]
00636DD3 8B 48 04 mov ecx,dword ptr [eax+4]
00636DD6 51 push ecx
00636DD7 E8 C1 A5 E9 FF call AfxThrowInternetException (4D139Dh)

The CInternetSession fails to create an instance which throws the
CInternetException 87 I have tried the compilation in both Visual Studio
.Net 2002 and Visual Studio 6.0 both the same condition.

I conclude this is a bug and is the route cause of the following bugs
raised
176476
67139
71152
75086

[Vladimir Scherbina]

Jase,

So the exception is thrown after the call to GetHttpConnection? If you
uninstall IE7 does the problem disappears?

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Vladimir
"Jase" <jaseb...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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[Jase]

Hi Vladimir,

That is correct, with IE7 Beta,2,3,RC1 uninstalled, using IE6 wininet.dll
the problem disappears.

I have debugged using disassembly and established the Exception 87 is thrown
after the call to InternetOpenA, which is wrapped in the CInternetSession
class.

Kind Regards
Jason
"Vladimir Scherbina" <vladimir.scherbina@on_gmail_com> wrote in message
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[Vladimir Scherbina]

What happens if you use INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PRECONFIG instead of
INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PRECONFIG | INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PROXY ?

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Vladimir

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[Jase]

Hi Vladmir,

The same result occurs.

Kind Regards
Jason

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[Vladimir Scherbina]

Try to post this issue on connect.microsoft.com once again, if it does not
help tell me and I will contact QA from the WNDP team.

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Vladimir

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[Jase]

Hi Vladmir,

Thank you, I have posted it to connect, for all versions, the latest ID is
192358, they have closed off my Beta 3 post today.

Previous ID's were

176476
67139
71152
75086

Kind Regards
Jason

"Vladimir Scherbina" <vladimir.scherbina@on_gmail_com> wrote in message

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[Vladimir Scherbina]

Seems like MS is closing all posts today: I recieved a few closes for my
posts too :). Will try to contact QA.

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