Can C++ use IE's internet connection

[knightweb]

Hi

I've googled for a while but can't find any info on this. I'm not looking for code just some pointers as to where to start.

Can C++ use IE's internet connection to access the internet. The reason I ask is I'm writing an installer that needs access to the internet via an NTLM proxy. I could write an NTLM connection code but my users would still have to put their connection info in.....domain name, proxy url and port, username and password.....most do not know this info or how to get it and would require to phone the help desk....

So to make life simple for them I thought I could use there already configure IE connection to download a file from a remote server.

Is this possible or am I dreaming?

Thanks in advance.
Chris.

 

[knightweb]

Found the info myself.....sorry for being a rubbish googler...here's the url I found.....

http://www.codeproject.com/internet/urldownload.asp