Hi Steve

Thanks for that. I found another solution which works perfectly for me in that it does not pop up the Windows Dial Up Networking Dialog and correctly tells me whether I am connected or not. It is from Anatoliy Mogylevets at www.news2news.com. He offers the following:

InternetGetConnectedState
http://www.news2news.com/vfp/?group=92&function=99

a sample code with this function:
http://www.news2news.com/vfp/?example=68&function=99

Thanks again

Jos