closing inet transfer

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Does an inet transfer control close the progs connection to the internet automatically, or is there a way to close the connection manually?

I don't think MSInet can do that. But you can disconnect from the internet another way:

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 Long            
Public gstrISPName As String
Public ReturnCode As Long
            

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

Usage:

Call HangUp

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Okay, what if I dont want to disconnect from the internet completely, is the application with the Inet control going to stay connected to the site, and if so, does that cause any problems, like eating up sys resources, etc?

MSInet is an Internet Control, you must be connected to the internet in order to use it.

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i think i get it now, thanks!