CommitUrlCacheEntry Function

Stores data in the specified file in the Internet cache and associates it with the specified URL.

Syntax

BOOLAPI CommitUrlCacheEntry(
  __in        LPCTSTR lpszUrlName,
  __in        LPCTSTR lpszLocalFileName,
  __in        FILETIME ExpireTime,
  __in        FILETIME LastModifiedTime,
  __in        DWORD CacheEntryType,
  __in        LPCTSTR lpHeaderInfo,
  __in        DWORD dwHeaderSize,
  __reserved  LPCTSTR lpszFileExtension,
  __in        LPCTSTR lpszOriginalUrl
);

Parameters

• lpszUrlName [in]
  Pointer to a string variable that contains the source name of the cache entry. The name string must be unique and should not contain any escape characters.

• lpszLocalFileName [in]
  Pointer to a string variable that contains the name of the local file that is being cached. This should be the same name as that returned by CreateUrlCacheEntry.

• ExpireTime [in]
  FILETIME structure that contains the expire date and time (in Greenwich mean time) of the file that is being cached. If the expire date and time is unknown, set this parameter to zero.

• LastModifiedTime [in]
  FILETIME structure that contains the last modified date and time (in Greenwich mean time) of the URL that is being cached. If the last modified date and time is unknown, set this parameter to zero.

• CacheEntryType [in]
  A bitmask indicating the type of cache entry and its properties. The cache entry types include: history entries (URLHISTORY_CACHE_ENTRY), cookie entries (COOKIE_CACHE_ENTRY), and normal cached content (NORMAL_CACHE_ENTRY).

  This parameter can be zero or more of the following property flags, and cache type flags listed below.

  Value	Meaning
  COOKIE_CACHE_ENTRY	Cookie cache entry.
  EDITED_CACHE_ENTRY	Cache entry file that has been edited externally. This cache entry type is exempt from scavenging.
  NORMAL_CACHE_ENTRY	Normal cache entry; can be deleted to recover space for new entries.
  SPARSE_CACHE_ENTRY	Partial response cache entry.
  STICKY_CACHE_ENTRY	Sticky cache entry; exempt from scavenging.
  TRACK_OFFLINE_CACHE_ENTRY	Not currently implemented.
  TRACK_ONLINE_CACHE_ENTRY	Not currently implemented.
  URLHISTORY_CACHE_ENTRY	Visited link cache entry.

   

• lpHeaderInfo [in]
  Pointer to the buffer that contains the header information. If this parameter is not NULL, the header information is treated as extended attributes of the URL that are returned in the INTERNET_CACHE_ENTRY_INFO structure.

• dwHeaderSize [in]
  Size of the header information, in TCHARs. If lpHeaderInfo is not NULL, this value is assumed to indicate the size of the buffer that stores the header information. An application can maintain headers as part of the data and provide dwHeaderSize together with a NULL value for lpHeaderInfo.

• lpszFileExtension [in]
  This parameter is reserved and must be NULL.

• lpszOriginalUrl [in]
  Pointer to a string that contains the original URL, if redirection has occurred.

Return Value

Returns TRUE if successful, or FALSE otherwise. To get extended error information, call GetLastError. The following are possible error values.

Remarks

The STICKY_CACHE_ENTRY type is used to make cache entries exempt from scavenging. The default exempt time for entries set using CommitUrlCacheEntry is ten minutes. The exempt time can be changed by setting the expires time parameter in the INTERNET_CACHE_ENTRY_INFO structure in the call to the SetUrlCacheEntryInfo function.

If the cache storage is full, CommitUrlCacheEntry invokes cache cleanup to make space for this new file. If the cache entry already exists, the function overwrites the entry if it is not in use. An entry is in use when it has been retrieved with either RetrieveUrlCacheEntryStream or RetrieveUrlCacheEntryFile.

Clients that add entries to the cache should set the headers to at least "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n\r\n"; otherwise, Microsoft Internet Explorer and other client applications should disregard the entry.

Requirements

See Also

Caching

WinINet Functions

CreateUrlCacheEntry

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Build date: 1/14/2010