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Wininet.lib is not a static library.  It is an import 
library for a DLL.  Wininet.DLL is a DLL, a DYNAMIC
LINKED library.  It cannot be static linked into your 
program.

If you do not want to implicitly link with wininet.lib or
wininet.def then you will have to explicitly link to the 
DLL by using LoadLibrary, GetProcAddress and FreeLibrary
yourself instead of letting the Windows' program loader 
do that for you. 

Below is a 'quicky' demo of a Windows GUI program that 
explicitly links to WinInet.DLL.  It does not use the VCL.

If you want to build it in the IDE then create the 
project with File|New|Other (File|New on older compiler
versions), double click the (misnamed) Console Wizard, 
and make sure GUI is selected and neither of Console or 
VCL are not (which of GUI or Console are shown varies 
with compiler version). 

If you want to build it from the command line a command 
to do that might be:

  bcc32 -WR -v filename.cpp

  ----------
  #include <windows.h>
  #include <wininet.h>

  typedef BOOL WINAPI
    (*FuncPtr)(DWORD* flags, DWORD reserved);

  void WINAPI MboxMsg(const char *msg)
    {
    MessageBox(HWND_DESKTOP, msg, "", MB_OK);
    }

  int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE, HINSTANCE, LPSTR, int)
    {
    FuncPtr InternetGetConnectedStatePtr;

    HMODULE wininet_hand = LoadLibrary("WININET.DLL");

    if (wininet_hand)
      {
      InternetGetConnectedStatePtr = (FuncPtr)
        GetProcAddress(
           wininet_hand, 
           "InternetGetConnectedState");

      if (InternetGetConnectedStatePtr)
        {
        DWORD flags;

        if (InternetGetConnectedStatePtr(&flags, 0))
          {
          char s[1024] = "Internet connection ";

          if (flags & INTERNET_CONNECTION_LAN)
            lstrcat(s, "is by local area network");
          else if (flags & INTERNET_CONNECTION_MODEM)
            lstrcat(s, "is by modem");
          else if (flags & INTERNET_CONNECTION_PROXY)
            lstrcat(s, "is by proxy");
          else
            lstrcpy(s,
              "Not sure how the internet connection is made");

          MboxMsg(s);
          }
        else
          MboxMsg("InternetGetConnectedState call failed");
        }
      else
        MboxMsg("InternetGetConnectedState function not found");

      FreeLibrary(wininet_hand);
      }
    else
      MboxMsg("Unable to load WinInet.DLL");

    return 0;
    }
  ----------

.  Ed

>Oren Halvani wrote:
>
>is it possible to use the Wininet functions WITHOUT to 
>link the Wininet.lib into the project..?
>
>is it possible to use LoadLibary() for that..? do i need something else
>further..? declaring / define something...?
>
>i need to write a standalone.exe without static 
>linking...>any ideas for that..?