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Steve Geringer-2

WININET doesn't always work

Hi, i have implemented a method:

isInternetConnected

^(WinInetLibrary open ping: 'http://finance.yahoo.com/')

it has always worked fine. now i moved to another
computer and it fails (returns false). from this same machine,
i am able to access the internet, use email and issue a regular
dos ping command.

any suggestions? is there something in the microsoft stuff
that needs to be specifically installed ?

BTW this was run on Windows 2000 with Dolphin Version 3.06.

thanks,
steve geringer

Andy Bower

Re: WININET doesn't always work

Steve,

> Hi, i have implemented a method:
>
>
> isInternetConnected
>
> ^(WinInetLibrary open ping: 'http://finance.yahoo.com/')
>
>
> it has always worked fine. now i moved to another
> computer and it fails (returns false). from this same machine,
> i am able to access the internet, use email and issue a regular
> dos ping command.
>
> any suggestions? is there something in the microsoft stuff
> that needs to be specifically installed ?
>
> BTW this was run on Windows 2000 with Dolphin Version 3.06.

I think it's to do with whether Internet Explorer believes *it* is connected
to the net or not. I've just tried it and got a true result with IE5
"working online" (File/Work Online) and then I get a false if I change it to
"working offline" (File/Work Offline).

Best Regards,

Andy Bower
Dolphin Support
http://www.object-arts.com
---
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http://www.object-arts.com/Relax.htm
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Steve Geringer

Re: WININET doesn't always work

Andy,

FYI...
My machine was set to "work online". so, I solved the problem by
installing
the latest IE. although it is much more bloated at least the problem
went away.
(it turns out to be NT 4.0 not Windows 2000 , also i believe IE 4.x.)

thanks for your help,
Steve Geringer

Andy Bower wrote:

>
> Steve,
>
> > Hi, i have implemented a method:
> >
> >
> > isInternetConnected
> >
> > ^(WinInetLibrary open ping: 'http://finance.yahoo.com/')
> >
> >
> > it has always worked fine. now i moved to another
> > computer and it fails (returns false). from this same machine,
> > i am able to access the internet, use email and issue a regular
> > dos ping command.
> >
> > any suggestions? is there something in the microsoft stuff
> > that needs to be specifically installed ?
> >
> > BTW this was run on Windows 2000 with Dolphin Version 3.06.
>
> I think it's to do with whether Internet Explorer believes *it* is connected
> to the net or not. I've just tried it and got a true result with IE5
> "working online" (File/Work Online) and then I get a false if I change it to
> "working offline" (File/Work Offline).
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Andy Bower
> Dolphin Support
> http://www.object-arts.com
> ---
> Are you trying too hard?
> http://www.object-arts.com/Relax.htm
> ---

Bill Schwab-2

Re: WININET doesn't always work

Steve,

> FYI...
> My machine was set to "work online". so, I solved the problem by
> installing
> the latest IE. although it is much more bloated at least the problem
> went away.
> (it turns out to be NT 4.0 not Windows 2000 , also i believe IE 4.x.)

By the "latest IE" do you mean 6, or 5.x? I haven't tried 6 yet, but have
found no problems with 5.x. Perhaps related to your complaint re bloating,
I briefly installed v7 of the Windows Media Player today. Compared to v6,
it takes dramatically longer to load, and the "skinned" GUI adds a lot of
visual clutter. More serious to me, it mangled the files I've been
capturing with my new video board. Fortunately, it seems to have
uninstalled cleanly, though I'll have to do some more testing to be sure.

Have a good one,

Bill

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Wilhelm K. Schwab, Ph.D.
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