Parental Controls

Overview of the Parental Controls technology.

To develop Parental Controls, you need these headers:

• wpcapi.h
• wpcevent.h

For programming guidance for this technology, see:

• Parental Controls

Enumerations

WPC_ARGS_CONVERSATIONINITEVENT Indicates information about initiating a conversation.
WPC_ARGS_CONVERSATIONJOINEVENT Indicates information about joining an existing conversation.
WPC_ARGS_CONVERSATIONLEAVEEVENT Indicates information about leaving a conversation.
WPC_ARGS_CUSTOMEVENT Indicates information about a user-defined event that is not covered by the general events.
WPC_ARGS_EMAILCONTACTEVENT Indicates information about contacting someone by using email.
WPC_ARGS_EMAILRECEIEVEDEVENT Indicates information about an email message that has been received.
WPC_ARGS_EMAILSENTEVENT Indicates information about an email message that has been sent.
WPC_ARGS_FILEDOWNLOADEVENT Indicates information about a file that has been downloaded.
WPC_ARGS_GAMESTARTEVENT Indicates information about the start of a computer game.
WPC_ARGS_IMCONTACTEVENT Indicates information about contacting someone by using an instant messaging application.
WPC_ARGS_IMFEATUREEVENT Indicates information about the features of the instant messaging interaction.
WPC_ARGS_MEDIADOWNLOADEVENT Indicates information about the download of a media file.
WPC_ARGS_MEDIAPLAYBACKEVENT Indicates information about the playback of a media file.
WPC_ARGS_SAFERAPPBLOCKED Indicates information about a safer application that is being blocked.
WPC_ARGS_SETTINGSCHANGEEVENT Indicates information about the changes to settings being made by a user.
WPC_ARGS_URLVISITEVENT Indicates information about the address URL of a website viewed.
WPC_MEDIA_EXPLICIT Indicates information about the explicit rating of the media file.
WPC_MEDIA_TYPE Indicates information about the type of media file accessed.
WPCFLAG_IM_FEATURE Indicates information about the features accessed during an instant messaging interaction.
WPCFLAG_IM_LEAVE Indicates information about when a participant leaves the instant messaging interaction.
WPCFLAG_ISBLOCKED Indicates information about what events are blocked from use and what controls are in place.
WPCFLAG_LOGOFF_TYPE Indicates information about the type of logoff method used.

Functions

Configure Called for the current provider when you click a user tile in the Parental Controls Control Panel. This method allows for changes to the configuration.
Disable Notifies the third-party application that it is not the current provider.
Enable Notifies the third-party application that it has been selected as the new current provider.
GetCurrent Retrieves the GUID of the current provider.
GetGamesSettings Retrieves a pointer to an interface for games restrictions settings for the specified user.
GetLastSettingsChangeTime Retrieves the time at which the configuration settings were last updated.
GetRestrictions Determines whether web restrictions, time limits, or game restrictions are on.
GetSettings Retrieves the web restrictions settings.
GetUserSettings Retrieves a pointer to an interface for general settings for the specified user.
GetUserSummary Retrieves the information for each user by using the Parental Controls Control Panel.
GetVisibility Indicates the visibility of the Parental Controls user interface.
GetWebFilterInfo Retrieves the name and identifier of the currently active Web Content Filter.
GetWebSettings Retrieves a pointer to an interface for web restrictions settings for the specified user.
IsBlocked Determines whether the specified game is blocked from execution.
IsLoggingRequired Determines whether activity logging should be performed when obtaining the IWPCSettings interface.
RequestOverride Called for the current provider to enable configuration override.
RequestURLOverride Requests that the Parental Controls web restrictions subsystem set the specified primary and sub URLs to the allowed state.

Interfaces

IWindowsParentalControls Enables access to all settings interfaces of the Minimum Compliance API.
IWindowsParentalControlsCore . (IWindowsParentalControlsCore)
IWPCGamesSettings Accesses games settings for the user.
IWPCProviderConfig Exposes configuration methods that are implemented by third parties.
IWPCProviderState Exposes provider state methods that are implemented by third parties.
IWPCProviderSupport Exposes methods that allow third-party providers to query the currently enabled provider.
IWPCSettings Accesses general settings for the user.
IWPCWebSettings Accesses web restrictions settings for the user.