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WinInet dial/hang-up access

 [1/1] from: greggirwin::mindspring::com at: 14-Nov-2001 13:55


If anyone is interested in making a connection programmatically under Windows, here's a basic starting point you can expand upon. win-inet: context [ ConnID: 0 win-lib: load/library %wininet.dll internet-dial: make routine! [ hwndParent [integer!] Connectoid [string!] Flags [integer!] ; either string! or char* work here ;RtnConnID [string!] ; LPDWORD RtnConnID [char*] ; LPDWORD Reserved [integer!] return: [integer!] ] win-lib "InternetDial" internet-hang-up: make routine! [ ConnID [integer!] ; Connect ID from InternetDial Reserved [integer!] ; Must be 0 return: [integer!] ] win-lib "InternetHangUp" test: func [dial-up-name [string!] /local RtnConnID] [ RtnConnID: copy "^@^@^@^@" print "Dialing..." ; Pardon the magic numbers. It's a proof-of-concept thing. result: internet-dial 0 dial-up-name to-integer #00008000 RtnConnID 0 print ["dial result:" result] if all [(result = 0) (RtnConnID <> "^@^@^@^@")] [ print "Hanging Up..." ConnID: to-integer to-binary head reverse RtnConnID result: internet-hang-up ConnID 0 print ["hang-up result:" result] ] ] ] win-inet/test "Your dial-up entry name here" I'd love to hear if there's a better way to handle pointer parameters (e.g. LPDWORD). --Gregg