How do i use a button that auto pings without entering IP address

[surfergal16]

I have a project that when i click on it the button will automatically ping the server that i am using on my computer without typing in the IP address. When the server responds, the button will change its colour into green. When it fail to respond, the button will change itself to red. Please help me out as i need to hand this project in 1 week's time

 

[tangram]

Quick & Simple method:

Shell the DOS command PING 192.168.1.1 and write the response back to a text file. The DOS command is...

PING 192.168.1.1 > ping.txt

Look up the 'Shell' function in your VB help.

Next open the ping.txt file that youve just made, read through it and look for the 'Reply From' statement. If you can't find it, then the ping failed. You can make the above a function, which will return true or false for target response and colour your button accordingly.