>>Hi!
>>
>>What's the fastest way of checking if there is a working internet connection, when a customers connection is down my routines that read info from a webpage take ages to time out. The customers thinks the software has "hung"
>>
>>Thanks in advance
>
>

>#define FLAG_ICC_FORCE_CONNECTION 0x01
>
>DECLARE INTEGER InternetCheckConnection IN Wininet.dll STRING lpszUrlSTRING, INTEGER dwFlags, INTEGER dwReserved
>myFastLoadedSite = "http://www.google.com"
>IF InternetCheckConnection(myFastLoadedSite,FLAG_ICC_FORCE_CONNECTION,0) == 0
>   RETURN []
>ENDIF
>

I've seen yahoo ping more often for such checks :)