Internet Ratings API Reference

Note The Internet Ratings API is deprecated, and will be removed in a future release. Use Windows 8 Family Safety feature instead.

This section covers the Internet Ratings API used to support ratings on the Windows Internet Explorer platform. It also includes the Windows Parental Control extensibility API for Windows Vista.

Functions

Topic	Contents
RatingAccessDeniedDialog	Displays a modal dialog box telling the user that access to the requested content is denied.
RatingAccessDeniedDialog2	Displays a modal dialog box telling the user that access to the requested content is denied. This function is identical to RatingAccessDeniedDialog except that if a ratings modal dialog box is already being displayed, the details from the second call are inserted into the existing dialog box.
RatingAddPropertyPage	Not implemented.
RatingCheckUserAccess	Determines whether the user is allowed to view the given content based on the associated rating label.
RatingEnable	Enables or disables ratings.
RatingEnabledQuery	Reports whether ratings should be enforced.
RatingFreeDetails	Frees the detail information returned by the RatingCheckUserAccess function.
RatingInit	Not implemented.
RatingObtainCancel	Enables a browser to cancel its request to obtain the rating for a URL.
RatingObtainQuery	Encapsulates the process of checking ratings.
RatingSetupUI	Displays a modal dialog box that enables a parent to set levels of restrictions.
RatingTerm	Not implemented.

Interfaces

Topic	Contents
IObtainRating	Not implemented.
IWPCBlockedUrls	Exposes methods to enumerate a list of banned URLs for use by the Windows Parental Controls of Windows Vista.