Hi Guys

is there a way to incorparate the ping function into a app what i want to do is when the user trys to connect it opens a window and displays

1, pinging "ipaddress"
and if succesfull displays connecting to host ie "ipadress" from above
but if no ping return says connection failed

but i dont know how to do this could someone point me in the right direction please

TIA

Something along those lines should do you nicely. c_str() is in the string header btw.

Chris

Hi Freaky_Chris

thanks for the answer sir so after that runs i need to add a if and else statement on the result ?

what i plan on doing is have a ebox with the ipaddress and a button that says connect after that the window with pining ipaddress and if pinged a button ok becomes active if no ping then text saying connection failed.

also is there a better way of doing it?

TIA

You could redirect it to a text file, and then read the text file or examine pipes.

Then read the text file. thats the simpler option the better option would probably be pipes.

Chris

heya

thanks for the answers i will look into the pipe method (google is friend )
but for now i think the ping method should work out ok

thanks