Enabling An Interface In Network Connections

[Jade]

Hi,

This is probably something simple that's been done before, but I can't find it in the forum, and I'm new to AutoIt...

I'm trying to write something that'll disable or enable an interface in the Network Connections window.

I got Network Connections to pop up by using Run("rundll32.exe shell32.dll, Control_RunDLL ncpa.cpl").

But once I get there, the AutoIt Window Info doesn't show any control ID for "Local Area Connection", so that means I can't use ControlClick to select that interface, right? So how do I do it? I could use Send("L"), but then what if there are multiple "Local Area Connection *" interfaces? How would I know that I picked the right one (besides verifying the window that pops up after clicking on one of them)?

[Bert]

I found this:

CODE

; Disable and Enable a Network card using 'Shell.Application'

;

; See also: http://blog.mvpcn.net/icuc88/articles/244.aspx

;

; To do: Rewrite this into a UDF. Parameters: $oLanConnection and $bEnabled

$oLanConnection = "Local Area Connection"; Change this to the name of the adapter to be disabled !

$bEnable = true ; Change this to 'false' to DISABLE the network adapter

if @OSType<>"WIN32_NT" then

Msgbox(0,"","This script requires Windows 2000 or higher.")

exit

endif

if @OSVersion="WIN_2000" then

$strFolderName = "Network and Dial-up Connections"

else

$strFolderName = "Network Connections"; Windows XP

endif

Select

Case StringInStr("0409,0809,0c09,1009,1409,1809,1c09,2009,_

2409,2809,2c09,3009,3409", @OSLang) ; English (United States)

$strEnableVerb = "En&able"

$strDisableVerb = "Disa&ble"

; Add here the correct Verbs for your Operating System Language

EndSelect

;Virtual folder containing icons for the Control Panel applications. (value = 3)

Const $ssfCONTROLS = 3

$ShellApp = ObjCreate("Shell.Application")

$oControlPanel = $shellApp.Namespace($ssfCONTROLS)

; Find 'Network connections' control panel item

$oNetConnections=""

For $FolderItem in $oControlPanel.Items

If $FolderItem.Name = $strFolderName then

$oNetConnections = $FolderItem.GetFolder

Exitloop

Endif

Next

If not IsObj($oNetConnections) Then

MsgBox(0,"Error","Couldn't find " & $strFolderName & " folder."

Exit

EndIf

For $FolderItem In $oNetConnections.Items

If StringLower($FolderItem.Name) = StringLower($oLanConnection) Then

$oLanConnection = $FolderItem

Exitloop

EndIf

Next

If not IsObj($oLanConnection) Then

MsgBox(0,"Error","Couldn't find " & $oLanConnection & " Item."

Exit

EndIf

$oEnableVerb=""

$oDisableVerb=""

For $Verb In $oLanConnection.Verbs

If $Verb.Name = $strEnableVerb Then

$oEnableVerb = $Verb

EndIf

If $Verb.Name = $strDisableVerb Then

$oDisableVerb = $Verb

EndIf

Next

If $bEnable then

If IsObj($oEnableVerb) Then $oEnableVerb.DoIt ; Enable network card

Endif

If not $bEnable then

If IsObj($oDisableVerb) Then $oDisableVerb.DoIt; Disable network card

EndIf

Sleep(1000)

I hope this will solve your problem. I found it here:http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=12645

Edited March 31, 2006 by vollyman

[blindwig]

I wrote a script to enable and disable network interfaces using a command line tool called DevCon. It's feely available. It's cryptic and hard to use at first if you're not familiar with the Windows hardware scheme, but it works well.

[Jade]

Thanks blindwig, volleyman,

I want to avoid adding DevCon if possible. I've got too many testing tools to deal with right now as it is. I will try the code volleyman provided and let you know how it goes. One question about the code though: Does the Control Panel need to be activated before we call this function or does it take care of enabling/disabling the interface even if Control Panel is not activated?

Thanks again.

[Jade]

Ok, to answer my own question, no, Control Panel did not need to be activated beforehand. I guess that's the point of using the COM. I finally got it to work for me after fixing a few syntax errors and tweaking it a bit so that I could pass the interface name and the enable/disable option via the command line. I learned a lot while deceiphering this...thanks for sharing it!

[herewasplato]

Ok, to answer my own question, no, Control Panel did not need to be activated beforehand. I guess that's the point of using the COM. I finally got it to work for me after fixing a few syntax errors and tweaking it a bit so that I could pass the interface name and the enable/disable option via the command line. I learned a lot while deceiphering this...thanks for sharing it!

I know that you said that you got it working - but take a look at this:

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...showtopic=21229

[Jade]

I know that you said that you got it working - but take a look at this:

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...showtopic=21229

Cool, thanks!

[Neoborn]

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[Jade]

If you are new to AutoIT and would like to get the basics down quicker, check out this awesome new coaching tool...

And if you find it useful ...vote

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=24117

Wish I'd seen this a few months ago. Thanks.