Article ID: 251347
Article Last Modified on 5/12/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
- Microsoft Windows Internet Services (WinInet)
This article was previously published under Q251347
SYMPTOMS
InternetQueryOption returns the wrong data when you use INTERNET_OPTION_SECURITY_CERTIFICATE as the second parameter in Internet Explorer 5 and Internet Explorer 5.01.
RESOLUTION
If you use InternetQueryOption with INTERNET_OPTION_SECURITY_CERTIFICATE_STRUCT as the parameter, the API will return the correct information:
INTERNET_CERTIFICATE_INFO sInfo;
dwSize = sizeof(sInfo);
if(!InternetQueryOption(hRequest,INTERNET_OPTION_SECURITY_CERTIFICATE_STRUCT,
&sInfo, &dwSize))
{
err << "InternetQueryOption failed -" <<
GetLastError() << endl;
}
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Additional query words: InternetQueryOption; INTERNET_OPTION_SECURITY_CERTIFICATE; certificate; secure; SSL
Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB251347
