> If I use the value 1 as the parameter in the InternetCheckConnection it
> returns true. Is this just a stupid omission from delphi and for that
> matter,
> why would I have to say to force the connection for it to be able to ping
> the web site?
The only way to reliably test a website is to actually try to download
something from it. So InternetCheckConnection() won't really help you
anyway.
> Actually I just tried it again with a zero and apparently, once it gets
> a successful hit, the next time it returns true even with the zero.
It is likely pulling the file from IE's local cache on subsequent calls.
> But if I change the name to a bad site name, it again returns the 2250
> and will not connect again until I set the parameter to 1 again. It seems
> like windows is maintaining a connection to the site once it pings it.
Not a connection, no. But the actual file, likely.
Gambit
