1. RasDial() API
..um, has anyone contributed any simple 'dial your ISP' code in any app yet?
No sense duplicating efforts, eh!
2. Re: RasDial() API
Wolf wrote:
>
> ..um, has anyone contributed any simple 'dial your ISP' code in any app yet?
> No sense duplicating efforts, eh!
>
not that I can recall.
You can set your web browser to dial the connection on open.
I know I.e. does.
So from your program you would just need to shell open a web page.
also set the browser to timeout after a period of idle activity.
I used that method to start a dial up connection from the task scheduler,
so it would connect every two hours, upload a picture from webcam 2000,
then disconnect.
--"ask about our layaway plan".
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3. Re: RasDial() API
> > ..um, has anyone contributed any simple 'dial your ISP' code in any app yet?
> not that I can recall.
Yea, search returned nothing, so,
Ok, simple demo only tested on Win95/98/98SE, so feedback appreciated.
.. may be found at:
http://www.king.igs.net/~wolfritz/EuDial.zip 2 kilobytes
--please read ~lines 14, 21, and 132 before using, since some setup required.
4. Re: RasDial() API
Wolf wrote:
>>> ..um, has anyone contributed any simple 'dial your ISP' code in any app yet?
>> not that I can recall.
>
> Yea, search returned nothing, so,
> Ok, simple demo only tested on Win95/98/98SE, so feedback appreciated.
> .. may be found at:
> http://www.king.igs.net/~wolfritz/EuDial.zip 2 kilobytes
>
> --please read ~lines 14, 21, and 132 before using, since some setup required.
Worked fine for me on Win 98, very nice!
Would you like to put all that code into 3 global routines? 
Say:
function ras_is_connected()
function ras_dial(number, name, password)
procedure ras_hangup()
IMHO this would be actually useful together with the programs for
downloading files, that are already in the archieves.
A code snippet that uses the 3 routines could look something like this:
integer tries, try
boolean connected_self
connected_self = FALSE
if not ras_is_connected() then
tries = 3
try = 1
while ras_dial(123, "me", "hi") do
if try >= tries then
err_abort("Dial up not successfull")
end if
try += 1
sleep(1)
end while
connected_self = TRUE
end if
[do this and that on the internet]
if connected_self then
ras_hangup()
end if
Regards,
Juergen
5. Re: RasDial() API
> > .. may be found at:
> > http://www.king.igs.net/~wolfritz/EuDial.zip 2 kilobytes
>
> Worked fine for me on Win 98, very nice!
>
> Would you like to put all that code into 3 global routines?
Hi Juergen, perhaps...but...
First question, has anyone tried this on NT/XP ?
.. anyways, I'm currently writing two more demos.
The second pops up a 'Connect To' dialog, so you don't have to fill in
phone_number, and user_name,
and perhaps not even pass_word.
( I don't save mine, so I dunno.. )
.. but it uses Rundll.exe, so...
Second question, does NT/XP have Rundll.exe in it's %Windir% ?
The last demo is an oddball.
Using Win95/98, you manually/programatically fill in user_name, and pass_word,
if you want, however,
in WinNT/XP, it's presumably all done automatically, using the current users
logon credentials.
6. Re: RasDial() API
Since I wanted more feedback, I've uploaded this, which includes the next two
demos.
http://www.king.igs.net/~wolfritz/EuDial.zip 7 kilobytes
7. Re: RasDial() API
Wolf wrote:
>>> .. may be found at:
>>> http://www.king.igs.net/~wolfritz/EuDial.zip 2 kilobytes
>>
>> Worked fine for me on Win 98, very nice!
>>
>> Would you like to put all that code into 3 global routines?
>
> Hi Juergen, perhaps...but...
>
> First question, has anyone tried this on NT/XP ?
Unfortunately, I cannot do so, because at my office the computer that
is connected to the internet runs Windows 98, too.
<snip>
Regards,
Juergen
8. Re: RasDial() API
Wolf wrote:
> Since I wanted more feedback, I've uploaded this, which includes the
> next two demos.
>
> http://www.king.igs.net/~wolfritz/EuDial.zip 7 kilobytes
Unfortunately, both new demos do not run as expected on my system. I
think the code itself is OK, but it always calls the first RAS entry,
which is a very special one on my system. Calling the second RAS entry
would work fine on my system, I believe.
Since you cannot know how all the systems out there look like, I think
the most flexible and robust way is to use something like this:
ras_dial(phone_number, user_name, pass_word) -- like in your first demo
or
ras_dial(name_of_the_desired_RAS_entry)
Regards,
Juergen
