PING TEST FROM VB MACRO IN EXCEL

dgr

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Hi,
I'd like my VB Macro in Excel to detect whether there is an active internet connection or not. If there is, I'd like the macro to do something & if there isn't, I'd like the macro to do something else.

Now, I've figured out the first part(I hope) which goes like this :-
ReturnValue = Shell("C:\WINDOWS\system32\ping.exe ""www.tm.net.my""", 1)

I don't know how to do the second part which should look something like this :-
If (ping test is successful) Then (do something) Else (do something else)

Could you please help me on this matter?

ROBERT RAM
 

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Hi, welcome to the board. This is from www.allapi.net

Rich (BB code):
Private Declare Function InternetAttemptConnect Lib "wininet" (ByVal dwReserved As Long) As Long
Private Sub Form_Load()
    'KPD-Team 2000
    'URL: http://www.allapi.net/
    'E-Mail: KPDTeam@Allapi.net
    If InternetAttemptConnect(ByVal 0&) = 0 Then
        MsgBox "You can connect to the Internet", vbInformation
    Else
        MsgBox "You cannot connect to the Internet", vbInformation
    End If
End Sub
 
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Thank you Juan,
This script constantly shows "You can connect to the Internet" regardless of whether I'm connected or not. I suspect that it's catered to work on dial-up. I'm using an ADSL modem. Is there a difference?

Warm Regards
ROBERT RAM
 
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Not sure... try this then (found on the same site)

Rich (BB code):
Private Const FLAG_ICC_FORCE_CONNECTION = &H1
Private Declare Function InternetCheckConnection Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "InternetCheckConnectionA" (ByVal lpszUrl As String, ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal dwReserved As Long) As Long
Private Sub Form_Load()
    'KPD-Team 2001
    'URL: http://www.allapi.net/
    'E-Mail: KPDTeam@Allapi.net
    If InternetCheckConnection("http://www.allapi.net/", FLAG_ICC_FORCE_CONNECTION, 0&) = 0 Then
        MsgBox "Connection to http://www.allapi.net/ failed!", vbInformation
    Else
        MsgBox "Connection to http://www.allapi.net/ succeeded!", vbInformation
    End If
End Sub
 
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This code is excellent :-) It works well. Thanks a lot for your help, Juan.

Warm Regards
ROBERT RAM
 
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Hi
thanks for the codes.I also tried this codes it really works well.But later my friend suggested that sites available for ping test are much more easier to perform a test than codes.After that i periodically perform ping test in http://www.whoisxy.com/ping.aspx .Its really simple.
 
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