(REAL) Internet Connection Status - Not Useless Ones?

[syn_bOy]

I've been searching around the Internet for ages now.
Never did I saw a working code to check and see if the
End-User has a valid Internet Connection.

Checking Registry, WinInet.dll, Pinging, URL Exists,
DSN Resolves, API, and even useless Winsock Control.

None of these things really worked.
People these days are connected to all types of devices.

Modem, LAN, Proxy, DSL, T1, T2, T3, DS3, OC3
All kinds of speed.

How can Microsoft do this? and not make it public information
on how to determine if a User is Connected?

Anyone who got a REAL WORKING API CALL, DEMO, OR EXAMPLE PROJECT? If you do please give me the URL and I can take
it from there.

[D12Bit]

In a Module This:

Public Const ERROR_SUCCESS = 0&
Public Const APINULL = 0&
Public Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
Public ReturnCode As Long

Public Const WM_USER = &H400
Public Const PBM_SETBARCOLOR = 1033
Public Const PBM_SETBKCOLOR = 8193

Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long

Declare Function RegCloseKey Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal _
hKey As Long) As Long

Declare Function RegOpenKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias _
"RegOpenKeyA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As _
String, phkResult As Long) As Long

Declare Function RegQueryValueEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias _
"RegQueryValueExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpValueName _
As String, ByVal lpReserved As Long, lpType As Long, _
lpData As Any, lpcbData As Long) As Long


Public Function ActiveConnection() As Boolean
Dim hKey As Long
Dim lpSubKey As String
Dim phkResult As Long
Dim lpValueName As String
Dim lpReserved As Long
Dim lpType As Long
Dim lpData As Long
Dim lpcbData As Long
ActiveConnection = False
lpSubKey = "System\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteAccess"
ReturnCode = RegOpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, lpSubKey, _
phkResult)

If ReturnCode = ERROR_SUCCESS Then
    hKey = phkResult
    lpValueName = "Remote Connection"
    lpReserved = APINULL
    lpType = APINULL
    lpData = APINULL
    lpcbData = APINULL
    ReturnCode = RegQueryValueEx(hKey, lpValueName, _
    lpReserved, lpType, ByVal lpData, lpcbData)
    lpcbData = Len(lpData)
    ReturnCode = RegQueryValueEx(hKey, lpValueName, _
    lpReserved, lpType, lpData, lpcbData)
    
    If ReturnCode = ERROR_SUCCESS Then
        If lpData = 0 Then
            ActiveConnection = False
        Else
            ActiveConnection = True
        End If
    End If
RegCloseKey (hKey)
End If

End Function

And For use in a form This:

Private Sub Command1_Click()
    If ActiveConnection = True Then
        Call MsgBox("You have an active connection.", vbInformation)
    Else
        Call MsgBox("You have no active connections.", vbInformation)
    End If
End Sub

I have tested only in Modem Standard and With ISDN with no
problems.

Hope this is it..

Saludos...

[syn_bOy]

Yea, that works..I know

But if you are using Windows 2000. OOopps! hmmm guess what?
It failed. And that doesn't support LAN, Proxy.

This is so stupid, can't never find a working code.

[PRIVATE1]