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>>Ok, version #2, vfp8 compatible, attached
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>BINTOC() also used a non-VFP 8.0 implementation but other than that it works beautifully. Thank you!

Ah - did not see that one - version III attached - you're welcome


ps: don't ping microsoft - they don't answer - but then, what's new ?

>>Update: this may also be a possibility http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366013(VS.85).aspx
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>I think I'd need to use this against a url so resolving that to an ip address probably makes that option more complex than the IcmpSendEcho2....