<Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("wininet.dll", SetLastError:=True)> _
Private Shared Function InternetSetOption(ByVal hInternet As IntPtr, ByVal dwOption As Integer, ByVal lpBuffer As IntPtr, ByVal lpdwBufferLength As Integer) As Boolean
End Function
Public Structure Struct_INTERNET_PROXY_INFO
Public dwAccessType As Integer
Public proxy As IntPtr
Public proxyBypass As IntPtr
End Structure
Private Sub RefreshIESettings(ByVal strProxy As String)
Const INTERNET_OPTION_PROXY As Integer = 38
Const INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PROXY As Integer = 3
Dim struct_IPI As Struct_INTERNET_PROXY_INFO
' Filling in structure
struct_IPI.dwAccessType = INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PROXY
struct_IPI.proxy = Marshal.StringToHGlobalAnsi(strProxy)
struct_IPI.proxyBypass = Marshal.StringToHGlobalAnsi("local")
' Allocating memory
Dim intptrStruct As IntPtr = Marshal.AllocCoTaskMem(Marshal.SizeOf(struct_IPI))
' Converting structure to IntPtr
Marshal.StructureToPtr(struct_IPI, intptrStruct, True)
Dim iReturn As Boolean = InternetSetOption(IntPtr.Zero, INTERNET_OPTION_PROXY, intptrStruct, System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.SizeOf(struct_IPI))
End Sub
