Hi Steven

Thanks for responding.

>

>_Screen.AlwaysOnTop=.t.
>!nslookup www.levelextreme.com >ttt.txt
>_Screen.AlwaysOnTop=.f.
>RETURN  "NAME"$UPPER(filetostr("ttt.txt"))
>---Or----------------------------
>! ping www.levelextreme.com  >ttt.txt
>return IIF("TIME OUT"$UPPER(filetostr("ttt.txt")),"Can't","Can")+" go internet"
>

I liked them, no worry. It is interesting i had not known of the nslookup command line util. Is it also available in W98, etc.?

I will have to try to remember that command line and it's tools are still important, whatever the publicity says.

Anyway, Borislav has a fine, pure VFP, suggestion.