Rick Strahl has published wwIPStuff.vcx which has RASDIAL capability. If you are not a customer WConnect you may use the shareware version of wwIPStuff. see http://www.west-wind.com/wwIPStuff.asp.

Glenn


>>Does issuing wwhttp.ping(...) or wwFTP(...) cause IE to dial the internet provider if necessary? Or must I use RASDIAL to establish the connection first when using wwIPstuff?
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>>Glenn
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>Glenn,
>I have an application that will look for the IP establish a connection through the LAN when needed and allow FTP put,get,list.
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>The problem I have is the same as yours, How can the application force the end user to do an established dial-up connection when the 'direct' connection fails?
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>Where can I look up info for RASDIAL, that sounds like stuff!
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>Ed B