Wait for an icon?

[SweatyOgre]

Is there a command that will wait for the internet connection icon to appear on the taskbar? Or maybe return whether or not it appeared?

[CyberSlug]

Tray icons are annoying. If you are waiting for a dialup connection to be established, you could try the following:

While 1
   sleep(1000)
   If @IPAddress1 <> "0.0.0.0" And @IPAddress1 <> "127.0.0.1" Then ExitLoop
   If @IPAddress2 <> "0.0.0.0" And @IPAddress2 <> "127.0.0.1" Then ExitLoop
WEnd
MsgBox(4096,"Info", "Internet Connection detected!")

Note: you probably only need one of the two IF-tests. See "@IPAddress1

" in the help file.... Some computers have multiple adapters; and some computer configurations always return the 127.0.0.1 localhost/loopback IP address. As long as an IP Address is neither localhost nor 0.0.0.0, then you probably are connected to the internet.

Edited May 29, 2004 by CyberSlug

[SweatyOgre]

Thanks, I think that'll do the trick.

[tutor2000]

Tray icons are annoying.  If you are waiting for a dialup connection to be established, you could try the following:

While 1
   sleep(1000)
   If @IPAddress1 <> "0.0.0.0" And @IPAddress1 <> "127.0.0.1" Then ExitLoop
   If @IPAddress2 <> "0.0.0.0" And @IPAddress2 <> "127.0.0.1" Then ExitLoop
WEnd
MsgBox(4096,"Info", "Internet Connection detected!")

Note:  you probably only need one of the two IF-tests.  See "@IPAddress1

" in the help file....  Some computers have multiple adapters; and some computer configurations always return the 127.0.0.1 localhost/loopback IP address.  As long as an IP Address is neither localhost nor 0.0.0.0, then you probably are connected to the internet.

That might help me with my advertising in my autoit based software and feed the family better.

Thank you

Rick