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[Candle]

Is there a ping command ? Like to make a app that will ping a url and give a massage if it goes down .

[Chris]

It's on the to-do list. In the meantime, you can ping using Windows such as in this example:

RunWait, %comspec% /c ping -n 2 www.yahoo.com | find "Minimum =" >PingOutput.txt, , hide
FileReadLine, line, PingOutput.txt, 1
MsgBox %line%

[Candle]

I will try that Chris . can I do the same thing with it like I did the script
that lets you add your email address to a window with the input box?
That way I don't have to hard code it in to use .

[Candle]

Never main Chris I got it to work with this .

[Candle]

How can I make it quit if they click cancel ?

[BoBo]

Check AHK's help for this keyword: IfMsgBox

[Candle]

Saw that bobo but not sure where to put it in the code ?

[BoBo]

InputBox, OutputVar, Enter the ip number.

IfMsgBox, CANCEL
MsgBox, CANCEL was pressed.
else
MsgBox, You entered "%OutputVar%"

RunWait, %comspec% /c ping -n 2 %OutputVar%| find "Minimum =" >PingOutput.txt, , hide
FileReadLine, line, PingOutput.txt, 1
MsgBox %line%

[Candle]

Heh heh , I just did this and it worked but I lost my txt up on the top say Enter IP number .

[BoBo]

Ooops, to quit:

[Candle]

Thanks for the help bobo .

[Chris]

The IfMsgBox command doesn't relate to the InputBox command. Instead, "If the user presses the CANCEL button: ErrorLevel is set to 1 and OutputVar to the value entered." (quoted from the help file)

The revised script below illustrates the difference between how the buttons are handled with InputBox and MessageBox:

[Candle]

Thanks Chris . that work for me too. all new to me here but I think I'm learning this better then autoit .