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August 7, 2000

Setting the off-line mode

You can programmatically set the Internet Explorer off-line mode with the InternetSetOption API, as this code snippet demonstrates: Const INTERNET_OPTION_CONNECTED_STATE = 50Const INTERNET_STATE_CONNECTED = 1Const INTERNET_STATE_DISCONNECTED = 2Const INTERNET_STATE_DISCONNECTED_BY_USER =

Check whether the user is working off-line

Internet Explorer offers the possibility to simulate an Internet connection with the off-line mode. If you want to know if off-line mode is on or off you can use InternetQueryOption

EnumRASEntries – Enumerate all available RAS phone-book entries

Const ERROR_SUCCESS = 0&Const ERROR_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL = 603&Const RAS_MaxEntryName = 256Private Type RASENTRYNAME dwSize As Long szEntryName(RAS_MaxEntryName) As ByteEnd TypePrivate Declare Function RasEnumEntries Lib “RasApi32.DLL” Alias _ “RasEnumEntriesA” (ByVal reserved As

Delete a User in NT

Question: How do I delete a user in NT with the API’s? Answer: The code below shows how to delete a user (if the server name is blank, it attempts

Check whether RAS is installed

When you work with RAS APIs, you should have to make sure if RAS library is installed on the system. A simple way is to verify the existence of the

An enhanced VB DatePart function

Here is an enhanced version of VB DatePart function: the first parameter is now an enumerated type, so easier to use. DatePartEx is 4-5 times faster than DatePart and supports