Tips and trick (part 3)
Knowing is connected to the Internet or not :
Public Declare Function InternetGetConnectedStateEx Lib “wininet.dll” Alias “InternetGetConnectedStateExA” _
(ByRef lpdwFlags As Long, _
ByVal lpszConnectionName As String, _
ByVal dwNameLen As Long, _
ByVal dwReserved As Long _
) As Long
Public Enum EIGCInternetConnectionState
INTERNET_CONNECTION_MODEM = &H1&
INTERNET_CONNECTION_LAN = &H2&
INTERNET_CONNECTION_PROXY = &H4&
INTERNET_RAS_INSTALLED = &H10&
INTERNET_CONNECTION_OFFLINE = &H20&
INTERNET_CONNECTION_CONFIGURED = &H40&
End Enum
Public Property Get InternetConnected( _
Optional ByRef eConnectionInfo As EIGCInternetConnectionState, _
Optional ByRef sConnectionName As String _
) As Boolean
Dim dwFlags As Long
Dim sNameBuf As String
Dim lR As Long
Dim iPos As Long
sNameBuf = String$(513, 0)
lR = InternetGetConnectedStateEx(dwFlags, sNameBuf, 512, 0&)
eConnectionInfo = dwFlags
iPos = InStr(sNameBuf, vbNullChar)
If iPos > 0 Then
sConnectionName = Left$(sNameBuf, iPos – 1)
ElseIf Not sNameBuf = String$(513, 0) Then
sConnectionName = sNameBuf
End If
InternetConnected = (lR = 1)
End Property
