Ping pausing script

[heatsink]

Hi,

I am trying to implement a "network checker" into a script I have written, and I have the pinger set to be pretty much the first thing that happens, the problem is, if it doesn't get a reply, no matter if I have a timeout, the GUI will not initialize unless it gets a reply.

This is what I have:

$computername = EnvGet("computername")
$username = EnvGet("username")
$ipaddress = @IPAddress1
$var = Ping("google.com", 1200)
If $var Then
    $networkstatus = "Online!"
Else
    $networkstatus = "Network Error!"
EndIf

$Form1 = GUICreate("Thing", 323, 290, 229, 142)
$Pic1 = GUICtrlCreatePic("\\server\picture.jpg", 8, 8, 159, 74, BitOR($SS_NOTIFY,$WS_GROUP,$WS_CLIPSIBLINGS))
$computernamebox = GUICtrlCreateInput($computername, 96, 104, 217, 21)
$Label1 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Computer Name:", 8, 104, 83, 17)
$Label2 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("User Name:", 32, 136, 60, 17)
$usernamebox = GUICtrlCreateInput($username, 96, 136, 217, 21)
$Label3 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("IP Address:", 32, 168, 58, 17)
$Input1 = GUICtrlCreateInput($ipaddress, 96, 168, 217, 21)
$Label4 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Network Status:", 200, 32, 80, 17)
$Label5 = GUICtrlCreateLabel($networkstatus, 178, 48, 126, 31, $SS_CENTER)

Edited March 23, 2010 by heatsink

[JohnOne]

There is not enough of your code to determine why.

[IchBistTod]

Its simply AutoIt.

When you attempt to make a connection the timeout is VERY long regardless of what it is set to.

A bug in existence since forever.

Advice. Ping in another process and use comau3.au3 (copy-data inter-script communication) to emulate multi threading.

[spudw2k]

This thread has a solution to perform a threaded ping.

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=106354&view=findpost&p=766946

[martin]

This thread has a solution to perform a threaded ping.

#766946

There is also a udf in my signature to allow repeated pings to various IPs in the background so your script is not slowed, with the option to have an icon for each address set according to the connected state. A user defined function can be called when the connected state of an IP changes.