Trick

I'm trying to figure out how to tell if someone is connected to the internet (either dial up or DSL). Then I would like for the program to test to see if they have the current verison of the database. Now if they do, show a message "You have the current verison". If not, then I would like for it to download automaticly if possible or show a message "Your verison of the database is not current. The current verison is downloading now."

Please attempt it yourself first. If you need help, we'll be happy to. There are many tutorials around (try http://www.google.com/ for tutorials, http://www.pscode.com/ for examples/snippets, here for miscellaneous things, etc.).

Part A: A simple way is to check for a web page (add a few extra ones incase the main site is down). Look here for a place to get started.

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...hreadid=231974