Closing Internet Connections...

[ElectroTism]

How do I use VB to close internet connections that are open on my computer? For
example, if I were to visit a webpage, I'd have an (several actually) connection open
from my computer to the web server. These connections stay open for a period of time
(a min. or two). One way to close the connection is by simply disconnecting from the
internet, but how do I do it using VB, w/o disconnecting?

P.S. Using VB5 Professional ed.

[Microslip]

you mean just to disconect from the internet? then stick this code in a module and use "call hangup" where ever you need it

'Declarations

Public Const RAS_MAXENTRYNAME As Integer = 256
Public Const RAS_MAXDEVICETYPE As Integer = 16
Public Const RAS_MAXDEVICENAME As Integer = 128
Public Const RAS_RASCONNSIZE As Integer = 412
Public Const ERROR_SUCCESS = 0&

Public Type RasEntryName
dwSize As Long
szEntryName(RAS_MAXENTRYNAME) As Byte
End Type

Public Type RasConn
dwSize As Long
hRasConn As Long
szEntryName(RAS_MAXENTRYNAME) As Byte
szDeviceType(RAS_MAXDEVICETYPE) As Byte
szDeviceName(RAS_MAXDEVICENAME) As Byte
End Type

Public Declare Function RasEnumConnections Lib _
"rasapi32.dll" Alias "RasEnumConnectionsA" (lpRasConn As _
Any, lpcb As Long, lpcConnections As Long) As Long

Public Declare Function RasHangUp Lib "rasapi32.dll" Alias _
"RasHangUpA" (ByVal hRasConn As Long) As LongPublic gstrISPName As String
Public ReturnCode As Long

'Procedure

Public Sub HangUp()
Dim i As Long
Dim lpRasConn(255) As RasConn
Dim lpcb As Long
Dim lpcConnections As Long
Dim hRasConn As Long
lpRasConn(0).dwSize = RAS_RASCONNSIZE
lpcb = RAS_MAXENTRYNAME * lpRasConn(0).dwSize
lpcConnections = 0
ReturnCode = RasEnumConnections(lpRasConn(0), lpcb, _
lpcConnections)

If ReturnCode = ERROR_SUCCESS Then
For i = 0 To lpcConnections - 1
If Trim(ByteToString(lpRasConn(i).szEntryName)) _
= Trim(gstrISPName) Then
hRasConn = lpRasConn(i).hRasConn
ReturnCode = RasHangUp(ByVal hRasConn)
End If
Next i
End If

End Sub

Public Function ByteToString(bytString() As Byte) As String
Dim i As Integer
ByteToString = ""
i = 0
While bytString(i) = 0&
ByteToString = ByteToString & Chr(bytString(i))
i = i + 1
Wend
End Function

[ElectroTism]

Thanks for reply, but thats not what I meant. I dont want to disconnect from the internet, just close the connection.

[ElectroTism]

I dont need code, just need to know what the API or whatever is.