Are you connected to the web?
Put two command buttons on a form call them:
cmdConnected - tells you if you are connected
cmdWhatConn - tells you what connection method you use.
then paste the following code into the form and run the project...
Option Explicit
Private Enum ConType
LAN = 1
MODEM = 2
NONE = 3
ALREADY = 4
End Enum
Private Const INTERNET_CONNECTION_LAN As Long = &H2
Private Const INTERNET_CONNECTION_MODEM As Long = &H1
Private Declare Function InternetGetConnectedState _
Lib "wininet.dll" (ByRef lpSFlags As Long, _
ByVal dwReserved As Long) As Long
Private Function ViaLAN() As Boolean
Dim SFlags As Long
'return the flags associated with the connection
Call InternetGetConnectedState(SFlags, 0&)
'True if the Sflags has a LAN connection
ViaLAN = SFlags And INTERNET_CONNECTION_LAN
End Function
Private Function ViaModem() As Boolean
Dim SFlags As Long
'return the flags associated with the connection
Call InternetGetConnectedState(SFlags, 0&)
'True if the Sflags has a modem connection
ViaModem = SFlags And INTERNET_CONNECTION_MODEM
End Function
Private Function Online() As Boolean
'If you are online it will return True, otherwise False
Online = InternetGetConnectedState(0&, 0&)
End Function
Private Sub cmdConnected_Click()
If Online Then
MsgBox "Yes you are!", vbOKOnly, "ConnInfo"
Else
MsgBox "Not at the moment", vbOKOnly, "ConnInfo"
End If
End Sub
Private Sub cmdWhatConn_Click()
If ViaModem Then
MsgBox "You use a Modem", vbOKOnly, "ConnInfo"
ElseIf ViaLAN Then
MsgBox "You use a LAN Connection", vbOKOnly, "ConnInfo"
Else
MsgBox "I'm not quite sure?", vbOKOnly, "ConnInfo"
End If
End Sub