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I have posted this in the PERL programming area too .BUT your answers needn't be PERL specific at all !
what I want to know specifically from the gurus here is
1) how do applications like "ICQ net detect" or AOL detect whether a user is connected to internet or not ?
do they wait for any Windows specific system calls , signals ?
can you give an example for trapping such an signal using a language of your choice ...
2) What is the general procedure/code/steps to follow ,
to make an application run in the background and show as an icon at the system tray when a
user presses a key
again can you give an example l using a language of your choice ...
3)What is the general procedure/code/steps to follow for activating the
Dial up connection if the user is NOT connected to the internet ?
same as above ..some examples please
4) IS there any free installers available ?
I want users to just download a .exe file and the application must install by itself asking questions such as
do you want this to start at system startup? ,
which directory do you want to install ? etc
chris
thanks
I have posted this in the PERL programming area too .BUT your answers needn't be PERL specific at all !
what I want to know specifically from the gurus here is
1) how do applications like "ICQ net detect" or AOL detect whether a user is connected to internet or not ?
do they wait for any Windows specific system calls , signals ?
can you give an example for trapping such an signal using a language of your choice ...
2) What is the general procedure/code/steps to follow ,
to make an application run in the background and show as an icon at the system tray when a
user presses a key
again can you give an example l using a language of your choice ...
3)What is the general procedure/code/steps to follow for activating the
Dial up connection if the user is NOT connected to the internet ?
same as above ..some examples please
4) IS there any free installers available ?
I want users to just download a .exe file and the application must install by itself asking questions such as
do you want this to start at system startup? ,
which directory do you want to install ? etc
chris
thanks
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