Question

I am using the ole object Shell.Explorer.2 to display a web page inside my form. I need to be able to detect if the connection to the server/url is lost.

I imagine that if either the server went down or the the internet connection was disrupted, the connection to the server would be lost. I want to close my form if the connection is lost. No reconnects.

Answer 1

InternetCheckConnection()

That is the answer. Thank you Mr. Berezniker

#DEFINE  FLAG_ICC_FORCE_CONNECTION 1
DECLARE LONG InternetCheckConnection IN Wininet.DLL ;
    STRING Url, ;
    LONG dwFlags, ;
    LONG Reserved
 
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lcUrl = "http://www.google.com"
 
IF InternetCheckConnection(lcUrl, FLAG_ICC_FORCE_CONNECTION, 0) <> 0
    ? "Connection is available"
ELSE
    ? "No Connection"
ENDIF