WinsockIP Static

[catcalls]

Hi again,

I'm doing this from memory but I wrote a really simple program that sat in the system tray and displayed my computer's IP address when I held my mouse over the icon.

It was something like,

SystemTray.ToolTip = WinsockIP1.Local

I cant remember it exactly.

Oh, and I have a foriegn to get the tray icon etc...

Anyhow, the problem is this;

The program loads, and displays the IP addy of 127.0.0.1, which is fine, but when I connect to the internet it still displays 127.0.0.1, not the new value.

Also, when I run the program when I'm connected to the internet, I get my IP addy, summut like 204.214.xxx.xxx

But when I disconnect and reconnect again, the IP value doesnt change.

I'd like a way to refresh the value.

I downloaded many programs with source code that displayed the IP address, but all of them didn't refresh the IP addy when it changes.

When I've got time I will be taking a look at a nice chunk of code I saw concerning this at this forum, but it was a little too low down for me to churn thru right now.

Is there a quick fix?

[Cander]

as far as this goes
204.214.xxx.xxx

That is assigned by your internet service porvider. You cannot change that in code.

[BitBlt]

what's wrong w/ a timer control ?