>>>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 :)

I like Google more :-)