>I want to find all the ip addresses on my network - range 122.168.254.1 - 254
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>>I have written a small code with ping in a for next loop
>>ie run ping &pinga (which contains 192.168.254.1) incemented by 1 for each loop
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>>How can I get a return code (which VFP can use) of a successful ping
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>One simple way that comes to mind is to redirect th output to a file. Buld the command as follows:
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>ping 192.168.254.1 > c:\temp\junk.txt
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>then you open and inspect the file (maybe with FILETOSTR())
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>HTH

Alex

Does the trick

Thanks

Colin