GBLX-Bill
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Ping Monitoring Application
Hello, I currently have a program set up to monitor servers via a simple ping. The code that i have is not the quickest, and im looking for the quickest application out there, this program has quite a few nodes about 30 of them infact where each node (in one mdi form) will keep an eye on each server. Each node has diffrent configuration as far as frequency of pings, and what to do when/if it goes down, i need this all re-done and i figured i would put an enormas amount of points on EE that would encurage someone to find the fastest way out there. One more thing, if a host is unreachable, in my program currently, if a host is detected to be down, it will wait until it times out before the other nodes can send the normal ping test, this makes it kind of hard and sloppy.
Thanks!
Question is worth 1000 points, 500 here, and 500 in a dupulacte fourm. (resubmited twice)
Thanks!
Question is worth 1000 points, 500 here, and 500 in a dupulacte fourm. (resubmited twice)
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ASKER
AGAIN, THIS IS FOR PING, NOT TRACERT! Thanks
The code above is ping :0
-Brian
-Brian
If you review the code you will see the code i posted in the other thread is Tracert, this code is ping :)
Good luck
-brian
Good luck
-brian
ASKER
Oh, sorry, gotcha ...This is the code im using right now, and it haults the program as it tries to ping and it can't. So basicly thats why im looking for new code, new code that doesnt hault my program (al the forms) when one form is trying to ping and it can't. I hope that makes sence, and thank you for your help, if possible, we will just leave the other fourm alone so we can just keep updating this one, thanks...
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Have you tried adding some DoEvents in your code?
-Brian
-Brian
I am going to find you a few more Ping Examples::
http://www.planetsourcecode.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?lngWId=1&txtCodeId=7858
http://www.planetsourcecode.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?lngWId=1&txtCodeId=7858
ASKER
Yes i have, i have even tried doevents in the ping module, but it really hangs.
I found you a perfect ping, article written by Microsoft:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q300197
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q300197
Here is the full code:
Option Explicit
'Icmp constants converted from
'http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/win32_pingstatus.asp
Private Const ICMP_SUCCESS As Long = 0
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_BUFFER_TO_SMAL L = 11001 'Buffer Too Small
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_DESTINATION_NE T_UNREACH = 11002 'Destination Net Unreachable
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_DESTINATION_HO ST_UNREACH = 11003 'Destination Host Unreachable
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_DESTINATION_PR OTOCOL_UNR EACH = 11004 'Destination Protocol Unreachable
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_DESTINATION_PO RT_UNREACH = 11005 'Destination Port Unreachable
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_NO_RESOURCE = 11006 'No Resources
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_BAD_OPTION = 11007 'Bad Option
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_HARDWARE_ERROR = 11008 'Hardware Error
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_LARGE_PACKET = 11009 'Packet Too Big
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_REQUEST_TIMED_ OUT = 11010 'Request Timed Out
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_BAD_REQUEST = 11011 'Bad Request
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_BAD_ROUTE = 11012 'Bad Route
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_TTL_EXPIRED_TR ANSIT = 11013 'TimeToLive Expired Transit
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_TTL_EXPIRED_RE ASSEMBLY = 11014 'TimeToLive Expired Reassembly
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_PARAMETER = 11015 'Parameter Problem
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_SOURCE_QUENCH = 11016 'Source Quench
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_OPTION_TOO_BIG = 11017 'Option Too Big
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_BAD_DESTINATIO N = 11018 'Bad Destination
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_NEGOTIATING_IP SEC = 11032 'Negotiating IPSEC
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_GENERAL_FAILUR E = 11050 'General Failure
Public Const WINSOCK_ERROR = "Windows Sockets not responding correctly."
Public Const INADDR_NONE As Long = &HFFFFFFFF
Public Const WSA_SUCCESS = 0
Public Const WS_VERSION_REQD As Long = &H101
'Clean up sockets.
'http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q154512
Private Declare Function WSACleanup Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" () As Long
'Open the socket connection.
'http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q154512
Private Declare Function WSAStartup Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" (ByVal wVersionRequired As Long, lpWSADATA As WSADATA) As Long
'Create a handle on which Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) requests can be issued.
'http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wcesdkr/htm/_wcesdk_icmpcreatefile.asp
Private Declare Function IcmpCreateFile Lib "icmp.dll" () As Long
'Convert a string that contains an (Ipv4) Internet Protocol dotted address into a correct address.
'http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winsock/wsapiref_4esy.asp
Private Declare Function inet_addr Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" (ByVal cp As String) As Long
'Close an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) handle that IcmpCreateFile opens.
'http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wcesdkr/htm/_wcesdk_icmpclosehandle.asp
Private Declare Function IcmpCloseHandle Lib "icmp.dll" (ByVal IcmpHandle As Long) As Long
'Information about the Windows Sockets implementation
'http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q154512
Private Type WSADATA
wVersion As Integer
wHighVersion As Integer
szDescription(0 To 256) As Byte
szSystemStatus(0 To 128) As Byte
iMaxSockets As Long
iMaxUDPDG As Long
lpVendorInfo As Long
End Type
'Send an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request, and then return one or more replies.
'http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wcetcpip/htm/cerefIcmpSendEcho.asp
Private Declare Function IcmpSendEcho Lib "icmp.dll" _
(ByVal IcmpHandle As Long, _
ByVal DestinationAddress As Long, _
ByVal RequestData As String, _
ByVal RequestSize As Long, _
ByVal RequestOptions As Long, _
ReplyBuffer As ICMP_ECHO_REPLY, _
ByVal ReplySize As Long, _
ByVal Timeout As Long) As Long
'This structure describes the options that will be included in the header of an IP packet.
'http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wcetcpip/htm/cerefIP_OPTION_INFORMATION.asp
Private Type IP_OPTION_INFORMATION
Ttl As Byte
Tos As Byte
Flags As Byte
OptionsSize As Byte
OptionsData As Long
End Type
'This structure describes the data that is returned in response to an echo request.
'http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wcesdkr/htm/_wcesdk_icmp_echo_reply.asp
Public Type ICMP_ECHO_REPLY
address As Long
Status As Long
RoundTripTime As Long
DataSize As Long
Reserved As Integer
ptrData As Long
Options As IP_OPTION_INFORMATION
Data As String * 250
End Type
'-- Ping a string representation of an IP address.
' -- Return a reply.
' -- Return long code.
Public Function ping(sAddress As String, Reply As ICMP_ECHO_REPLY) As Long
Dim hIcmp As Long
Dim lAddress As Long
Dim lTimeOut As Long
Dim StringToSend As String
'Short string of data to send
StringToSend = "hello"
'ICMP (ping) timeout
lTimeOut = 1000 'ms
'Convert string address to a long representation.
lAddress = inet_addr(sAddress)
If (lAddress <> -1) And (lAddress <> 0) Then
'Create the handle for ICMP requests.
hIcmp = IcmpCreateFile()
If hIcmp Then
'Ping the destination IP address.
Call IcmpSendEcho(hIcmp, lAddress, StringToSend, Len(StringToSend), 0, Reply, Len(Reply), lTimeOut)
'Reply status
ping = Reply.Status
'Close the Icmp handle.
IcmpCloseHandle hIcmp
Else
Debug.Print "failure opening icmp handle."
ping = -1
End If
Else
ping = -1
End If
End Function
'Clean up the sockets.
'http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q154512
Public Sub SocketsCleanup()
WSACleanup
End Sub
'Get the sockets ready.
'http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q154512
Public Function SocketsInitialize() As Boolean
Dim WSAD As WSADATA
SocketsInitialize = WSAStartup(WS_VERSION_REQD , WSAD) = ICMP_SUCCESS
End Function
'Convert the ping response to a message that you can read easily from constants.
'For more information about these constants, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
'http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/win32_pingstatus.asp
Public Function EvaluatePingResponse(PingR esponse As Long) As String
Select Case PingResponse
'Success
Case ICMP_SUCCESS: EvaluatePingResponse = "Success!"
'Some error occurred
Case ICMP_STATUS_BUFFER_TO_SMAL L: EvaluatePingResponse = "Buffer Too Small"
Case ICMP_STATUS_DESTINATION_NE T_UNREACH: EvaluatePingResponse = "Destination Net Unreachable"
Case ICMP_STATUS_DESTINATION_HO ST_UNREACH : EvaluatePingResponse = "Destination Host Unreachable"
Case ICMP_STATUS_DESTINATION_PR OTOCOL_UNR EACH: EvaluatePingResponse = "Destination Protocol Unreachable"
Case ICMP_STATUS_DESTINATION_PO RT_UNREACH : EvaluatePingResponse = "Destination Port Unreachable"
Case ICMP_STATUS_NO_RESOURCE: EvaluatePingResponse = "No Resources"
Case ICMP_STATUS_BAD_OPTION: EvaluatePingResponse = "Bad Option"
Case ICMP_STATUS_HARDWARE_ERROR : EvaluatePingResponse = "Hardware Error"
Case ICMP_STATUS_LARGE_PACKET: EvaluatePingResponse = "Packet Too Big"
Case ICMP_STATUS_REQUEST_TIMED_ OUT: EvaluatePingResponse = "Request Timed Out"
Case ICMP_STATUS_BAD_REQUEST: EvaluatePingResponse = "Bad Request"
Case ICMP_STATUS_BAD_ROUTE: EvaluatePingResponse = "Bad Route"
Case ICMP_STATUS_TTL_EXPIRED_TR ANSIT: EvaluatePingResponse = "TimeToLive Expired Transit"
Case ICMP_STATUS_TTL_EXPIRED_RE ASSEMBLY: EvaluatePingResponse = "TimeToLive Expired Reassembly"
Case ICMP_STATUS_PARAMETER: EvaluatePingResponse = "Parameter Problem"
Case ICMP_STATUS_SOURCE_QUENCH: EvaluatePingResponse = "Source Quench"
Case ICMP_STATUS_OPTION_TOO_BIG : EvaluatePingResponse = "Option Too Big"
Case ICMP_STATUS_BAD_DESTINATIO N: EvaluatePingResponse = "Bad Destination"
Case ICMP_STATUS_NEGOTIATING_IP SEC: EvaluatePingResponse = "Negotiating IPSEC"
Case ICMP_STATUS_GENERAL_FAILUR E: EvaluatePingResponse = "General Failure"
'Unknown error occurred
Case Else: EvaluatePingResponse = "Unknown Response"
End Select
End Function
NOTE: Watch for line wrapping when you copy this code into your project. This code provides the functions to access the Icmp.dll file. See the inline comments for a description of the constants, the declarations, and the function calls.
In Project Explorer, right-click Form1, and then click View Object. Form1 loads in the Designer window.
Double-click the Form1 body. The Code Editor window opens with the following code:Private Sub Form_Load()
End Sub
Replace the code in the Form_Load method with the following code:Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim Reply As ICMP_ECHO_REPLY
Dim lngSuccess As Long
Dim strIPAddress As String
'Get the sockets ready.
If SocketsInitialize() Then
'Address to ping
strIPAddress = "192.168.1.1"
'Ping the IP that is passing the address and get a reply.
lngSuccess = ping(strIPAddress, Reply)
'Display the results.
Debug.Print "Address to Ping: " & strIPAddress
Debug.Print "Raw ICMP code: " & lngSuccess
Debug.Print "Ping Response Message : " & EvaluatePingResponse(lngSu ccess)
Debug.Print "Time : " & Reply.RoundTripTime & " ms"
'Clean up the sockets.
SocketsCleanup
Else
'Winsock error failure, initializing the sockets.
Debug.Print WINSOCK_ERROR
End If
End Sub
Locate the following lines of code: 'Address to ping
strIPAddress = "192.168.1.1"
Change the strIPAddress to an IP address you want to ping.
To save the project and the files that are associated with the project, click Save Project on the File menu.
Notice that the results of the code are written to the Immediate window. To verify that the Immediate window is open, click Immediate Window on the View menu.
To test this code, press F5. The results are displayed in the Immediate window. The results are similar to the following results:
Address to Ping: 192.168.1.1
Raw ICMP code: 0
Ping Response Message : Success!
Time : 10 ms
Option Explicit
'Icmp constants converted from
'http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/win32_pingstatus.asp
Private Const ICMP_SUCCESS As Long = 0
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_BUFFER_TO_SMAL
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_DESTINATION_NE
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_DESTINATION_HO
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_DESTINATION_PR
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_DESTINATION_PO
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_NO_RESOURCE = 11006 'No Resources
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_BAD_OPTION = 11007 'Bad Option
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_HARDWARE_ERROR
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_LARGE_PACKET = 11009 'Packet Too Big
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_REQUEST_TIMED_
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_BAD_REQUEST = 11011 'Bad Request
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_BAD_ROUTE = 11012 'Bad Route
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_TTL_EXPIRED_TR
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_TTL_EXPIRED_RE
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_PARAMETER = 11015 'Parameter Problem
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_SOURCE_QUENCH = 11016 'Source Quench
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_OPTION_TOO_BIG
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_BAD_DESTINATIO
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_NEGOTIATING_IP
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_GENERAL_FAILUR
Public Const WINSOCK_ERROR = "Windows Sockets not responding correctly."
Public Const INADDR_NONE As Long = &HFFFFFFFF
Public Const WSA_SUCCESS = 0
Public Const WS_VERSION_REQD As Long = &H101
'Clean up sockets.
'http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q154512
Private Declare Function WSACleanup Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" () As Long
'Open the socket connection.
'http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q154512
Private Declare Function WSAStartup Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" (ByVal wVersionRequired As Long, lpWSADATA As WSADATA) As Long
'Create a handle on which Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) requests can be issued.
'http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wcesdkr/htm/_wcesdk_icmpcreatefile.asp
Private Declare Function IcmpCreateFile Lib "icmp.dll" () As Long
'Convert a string that contains an (Ipv4) Internet Protocol dotted address into a correct address.
'http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winsock/wsapiref_4esy.asp
Private Declare Function inet_addr Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" (ByVal cp As String) As Long
'Close an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) handle that IcmpCreateFile opens.
'http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wcesdkr/htm/_wcesdk_icmpclosehandle.asp
Private Declare Function IcmpCloseHandle Lib "icmp.dll" (ByVal IcmpHandle As Long) As Long
'Information about the Windows Sockets implementation
'http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q154512
Private Type WSADATA
wVersion As Integer
wHighVersion As Integer
szDescription(0 To 256) As Byte
szSystemStatus(0 To 128) As Byte
iMaxSockets As Long
iMaxUDPDG As Long
lpVendorInfo As Long
End Type
'Send an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request, and then return one or more replies.
'http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wcetcpip/htm/cerefIcmpSendEcho.asp
Private Declare Function IcmpSendEcho Lib "icmp.dll" _
(ByVal IcmpHandle As Long, _
ByVal DestinationAddress As Long, _
ByVal RequestData As String, _
ByVal RequestSize As Long, _
ByVal RequestOptions As Long, _
ReplyBuffer As ICMP_ECHO_REPLY, _
ByVal ReplySize As Long, _
ByVal Timeout As Long) As Long
'This structure describes the options that will be included in the header of an IP packet.
'http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wcetcpip/htm/cerefIP_OPTION_INFORMATION.asp
Private Type IP_OPTION_INFORMATION
Ttl As Byte
Tos As Byte
Flags As Byte
OptionsSize As Byte
OptionsData As Long
End Type
'This structure describes the data that is returned in response to an echo request.
'http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wcesdkr/htm/_wcesdk_icmp_echo_reply.asp
Public Type ICMP_ECHO_REPLY
address As Long
Status As Long
RoundTripTime As Long
DataSize As Long
Reserved As Integer
ptrData As Long
Options As IP_OPTION_INFORMATION
Data As String * 250
End Type
'-- Ping a string representation of an IP address.
' -- Return a reply.
' -- Return long code.
Public Function ping(sAddress As String, Reply As ICMP_ECHO_REPLY) As Long
Dim hIcmp As Long
Dim lAddress As Long
Dim lTimeOut As Long
Dim StringToSend As String
'Short string of data to send
StringToSend = "hello"
'ICMP (ping) timeout
lTimeOut = 1000 'ms
'Convert string address to a long representation.
lAddress = inet_addr(sAddress)
If (lAddress <> -1) And (lAddress <> 0) Then
'Create the handle for ICMP requests.
hIcmp = IcmpCreateFile()
If hIcmp Then
'Ping the destination IP address.
Call IcmpSendEcho(hIcmp, lAddress, StringToSend, Len(StringToSend), 0, Reply, Len(Reply), lTimeOut)
'Reply status
ping = Reply.Status
'Close the Icmp handle.
IcmpCloseHandle hIcmp
Else
Debug.Print "failure opening icmp handle."
ping = -1
End If
Else
ping = -1
End If
End Function
'Clean up the sockets.
'http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q154512
Public Sub SocketsCleanup()
WSACleanup
End Sub
'Get the sockets ready.
'http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q154512
Public Function SocketsInitialize() As Boolean
Dim WSAD As WSADATA
SocketsInitialize = WSAStartup(WS_VERSION_REQD
End Function
'Convert the ping response to a message that you can read easily from constants.
'For more information about these constants, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
'http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/win32_pingstatus.asp
Public Function EvaluatePingResponse(PingR
Select Case PingResponse
'Success
Case ICMP_SUCCESS: EvaluatePingResponse = "Success!"
'Some error occurred
Case ICMP_STATUS_BUFFER_TO_SMAL
Case ICMP_STATUS_DESTINATION_NE
Case ICMP_STATUS_DESTINATION_HO
Case ICMP_STATUS_DESTINATION_PR
Case ICMP_STATUS_DESTINATION_PO
Case ICMP_STATUS_NO_RESOURCE: EvaluatePingResponse = "No Resources"
Case ICMP_STATUS_BAD_OPTION: EvaluatePingResponse = "Bad Option"
Case ICMP_STATUS_HARDWARE_ERROR
Case ICMP_STATUS_LARGE_PACKET: EvaluatePingResponse = "Packet Too Big"
Case ICMP_STATUS_REQUEST_TIMED_
Case ICMP_STATUS_BAD_REQUEST: EvaluatePingResponse = "Bad Request"
Case ICMP_STATUS_BAD_ROUTE: EvaluatePingResponse = "Bad Route"
Case ICMP_STATUS_TTL_EXPIRED_TR
Case ICMP_STATUS_TTL_EXPIRED_RE
Case ICMP_STATUS_PARAMETER: EvaluatePingResponse = "Parameter Problem"
Case ICMP_STATUS_SOURCE_QUENCH:
Case ICMP_STATUS_OPTION_TOO_BIG
Case ICMP_STATUS_BAD_DESTINATIO
Case ICMP_STATUS_NEGOTIATING_IP
Case ICMP_STATUS_GENERAL_FAILUR
'Unknown error occurred
Case Else: EvaluatePingResponse = "Unknown Response"
End Select
End Function
NOTE: Watch for line wrapping when you copy this code into your project. This code provides the functions to access the Icmp.dll file. See the inline comments for a description of the constants, the declarations, and the function calls.
In Project Explorer, right-click Form1, and then click View Object. Form1 loads in the Designer window.
Double-click the Form1 body. The Code Editor window opens with the following code:Private Sub Form_Load()
End Sub
Replace the code in the Form_Load method with the following code:Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim Reply As ICMP_ECHO_REPLY
Dim lngSuccess As Long
Dim strIPAddress As String
'Get the sockets ready.
If SocketsInitialize() Then
'Address to ping
strIPAddress = "192.168.1.1"
'Ping the IP that is passing the address and get a reply.
lngSuccess = ping(strIPAddress, Reply)
'Display the results.
Debug.Print "Address to Ping: " & strIPAddress
Debug.Print "Raw ICMP code: " & lngSuccess
Debug.Print "Ping Response Message : " & EvaluatePingResponse(lngSu
Debug.Print "Time : " & Reply.RoundTripTime & " ms"
'Clean up the sockets.
SocketsCleanup
Else
'Winsock error failure, initializing the sockets.
Debug.Print WINSOCK_ERROR
End If
End Sub
Locate the following lines of code: 'Address to ping
strIPAddress = "192.168.1.1"
Change the strIPAddress to an IP address you want to ping.
To save the project and the files that are associated with the project, click Save Project on the File menu.
Notice that the results of the code are written to the Immediate window. To verify that the Immediate window is open, click Immediate Window on the View menu.
To test this code, press F5. The results are displayed in the Immediate window. The results are similar to the following results:
Address to Ping: 192.168.1.1
Raw ICMP code: 0
Ping Response Message : Success!
Time : 10 ms
Please make sure to review: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q300197
GBLX-Bill,
My guess is that the only way you can avoid having each ping wait for the preceeding ping(s) to complete before firing is to have each ping run as a separate thread. I've heard that timer controls execute as separate threads but my testing suggests that's not actually the case.
My guess is that the only way you can avoid having each ping wait for the preceeding ping(s) to complete before firing is to have each ping run as a separate thread. I've heard that timer controls execute as separate threads but my testing suggests that's not actually the case.
ASKER
Thats what i was thinking, any ideas on what to do for multi thread in vb6?
You can probably multi-thread via the Windows API but I don't know how. There are some third party products on the market that enable multi-threading in VB6. The only one I can think of is called Thread Factory. Here's a link to the maker's web site: http://www.halfx.com/ I'm not endorsing the product, in fact I've never used it myself, and I'm not affiliated with the maker in any way. I've read write ups on it and am considering it for a project I'm working on. I offer it only as an example of a third-party product that enables threading.
This might be of interest too. http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=24672&lngWId=1
ASKER
THAT IS GREAT!!!! this may be the one!!! except i cant figure out how to put the programing of the first example in the second, is there a way you can try that? (convert the ping program as a multi thred).
Which one may be the one? I'll be glad to give it a try as soon as I know which one you're talking about.
ASKER
How about: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/win32_pingstatus.asp
Thank you sooooooooo much!
Thank you sooooooooo much!
ASKER
Can you send it to billsecond@eml.cc?
Sorry, I wasn't clear on what I meant by "which one". I meant which of the two thread approaches, the demo for Thread Factory or the one outlined in the Planet Source Code example?
ASKER
Yes, the second one, the traceroute one.
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