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Par2: Detecting internet connection
2003-09-02 -- Paul Attryde
 
> Can anyone maybe help me on this one... It's a Piece of VB code, for > checking the Internet Connection... But for some reason.. it keep on > returning a Zero > > This is the VB Code: > > Dim dwFlags As Long > Dim sNameBuf As String, msg As String > Dim lPos As Long > sNameBuf = String$(513, 0) > If InternetGetConnectedStateEx(dwFlags, sNameBuf, 512, 0&) Then > lPos = InStr(sNameBuf, vbNullChar) > If lPos > 0 Then > sConnectionName = Left$(sNameBuf, lPos - 1) > Else > sConnectionName = "" > End If > msg = "Your computer is connected to Internet" & vbCrLf & "Connection > Name: " & sConnectionName > If (dwFlags And INTERNET_CONNECTION_LAN) Then > msg = msg & vbCrLf & "Connection use LAN" > ElseIf lFlags And INTERNET_CONNECTION_MODEM Then > msg = msg & vbCrLf & "Connection use modem" > End If > If lFlags And INTERNET_CONNECTION_PROXY Then msg = msg & vbCrLf & > "Connection use Proxy" > If lFlags And INTERNET_RAS_INSTALLED Then > msg = msg & vbCrLf & "RAS INSTALLED" > Else > msg = msg & vbCrLf & "RAS NOT INSTALLED" > End If > If lFlags And INTERNET_CONNECTION_OFFLINE Then > msg = msg & vbCrLf & "You are OFFLINE" > Else > msg = msg & vbCrLf & "You are ONLINE" > End If > If lFlags And INTERNET_CONNECTION_CONFIGURED Then > msg = msg & vbCrLf & "Your connection is Configured" > Else > msg = msg & vbCrLf & "Your connection is not Configured" > End If > Else > msg = "Your computer is NOT connected to Internet" > End If > MsgBox msg, vbInformation, "Checking connection" > End Sub Off the top of my head it'd be something like this: map module('wininet') InternetGetConnectedState(ulong,ulong,ulong,ulong),bool,pascal end end result bool name cstring(512) code result = InternetGetConnectedState( address(flags), address(name), size(name), 0) if result = 1 ! connected else ! not connected end But, make sure you also read these, because the first describes your problem exactly ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q315035 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q242558 http://www.codeguru.com/internet/isinternetconnected.shtml http://groups.google.com/groups?q=detect+internet+connection&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=v2an1ugitk4o8ddh60ntle5kr8u6k5u6jk%404ax.com&rnum=2 AFAIK there's no 100% foolproof way to detect an internet connection - I believe you'll need a combination of 2 or 3 techniques to get close ... James Cooke: No more GPF. But - I sill get as constant "Not Connected" message. This is the revised code: Program map module('wininet') InternetGetConnectedStateEx(ulong,ulong,ulong,ulong),bool,pascal end end result bool thename cstring(512) Flags long INTERNET_CONNECTION_MODEM Equate(1h) INTERNET_CONNECTION_LAN Equate(2h) INTERNET_CONNECTION_PROXY Equate(4h) INTERNET_RAS_INSTALLED Equate(10h) INTERNET_CONNECTION_OFFLINE Equate(20h) INTERNET_CONNECTION_CONFIGURED Equate(40h) code Flags = INTERNET_CONNECTION_CONFIGURED result = InternetGetConnectedStateEx( address(INTERNET_CONNECTION_LAN), address(thename), size(thename), 0) if result = 1 Message('Connected') else Message('Not Connected') end >Paul Attryde: My mistake InternetGetConnectedState() takes 2 params InternetGetConnectedStateEx() takes 4. Change the prototype & call to use InternetGetConnectedStateEx() and it should work fine.


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