check internet connection

Description

checks the internet connection

More Info

I have tested this code on windows 2000 and XP.

Dont know whether it works for windows 9x.

Submitted On
By	Rakesh R. Shetty
Level	Beginner
User Rating	5.0 (35 globes from 7 users)
Compatibility	VB 5.0, VB 6.0
Category	Internet/ HTML
World	Visual Basic
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Source Code

Private Const FLAG_ICC_FORCE_CONNECTION = 1
Private Declare Function InternetCheckConnection Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "InternetCheckConnectionA" (ByVal lpszUrl As String, ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal dwReserved As Long) As Boolean
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim abc As String
 abc = InternetCheckConnection("http://www.microsoft.com", FLAG_ICC_FORCE_CONNECTION, 0)
 If abc = "True" Then
  MsgBox "Connected to the internet."
 Else
  MsgBox "Not connected to the internet."
 End If
End Sub