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4/8/2010

This method registers a temporary pluggable MIME filter on the current process.

Syntax 

HRESULT RegisterMimeFilter(
  IClassFactory* 
pCF,
  REFCLSID 
rclsid,
  LPCWSTR 
pwzType
);

Parameters

pCF

[in] Address of an IClassFactoryinterface where an IInternetProtocolobject can be created.

rclsid

[in] Reference to the pluggable MIME handler.

pwzType

[in] String value that contains the MIME to register.

Return Value

Returns one of the values shown in the following table.

Value Description

S_OK

Success.

E_FAIL

The operation failed.

E_NOINTERFACE

The class factory could not be obtained.

Remarks

This method only registers a pluggable MIME filter on the current process. No other processes will be affected by this method.

An application can register a pluggable MIME filter for a particular period of time when it wants to handle requests for some MIMEs by calling IInternetSession::RegisterMimeFilter. This method can be called multiple times using the same interface to register the different MIME types it wants to handle.

Requirements

Header urlmon.h, urlmon.idl
Library urlmon.lib
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE .NET 4.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later