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This is a simple function that checks to see if you’re online…
Private Declare Function InternetGetConnectedStateEx Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "InternetGetConnectedStateExA" ( _
lpdwFlags As Long, _
lpszConnectionName As Long, _
dwNameLen As Long, _
ByVal dwReserved As Long) As Long
Public Function IsOnline() As Boolean
Dim lNameLen As Long
Dim lRetVal As Long
Dim lConnectionFlags As Long
Dim LPTR As Long
Dim lNameLenPtr As Long
Dim sConnectionName As String
sConnectionName = Space$(256)
lNameLen = 256
LPTR = StrPtr(sConnectionName)
lNameLenPtr = VarPtr(lNameLen)
lRetVal = InternetGetConnectedStateEx(lConnectionFlags, ByVal LPTR, ByVal lNameLen, 0& )
IsOnline = (lRetVal <> 0)
End Function
Returns true if you’re online, otherwise returns false. Simple eh?
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Visual Basic provides a less than elegant method of saving data in the Windows registry, the GetSetting & SaveSetting functions. These functions store setting in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\<AppName>\<Section> not very pretty is it?
The APISettings module is a drop-in replacement using pure Win32 API for its processing power and increased stability. The reason for developing this and for making it drop-in compatible is to all those new to the Win32 API to add its functionality with minimal difficulty.
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I was actually rather lucky to have this brand of WinModem, as the good people over at Linuxant.com offer a very high quality driver that makes installation a breeze! But, they have recently changed their marketing methods and charge $15 for the driver, so these really lives no viable, free alternative (a rarity to say the least for linux).
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Wow, the summer’s over and I’m finally home!
After spending the last five months in New York (quite a difference from my native Florida), I’ve finally made it back home. Much has happened while I’ve been away, not the least of which is the death of Imspire and a few related projects. While giving up on these dreams has been difficult, I believe the result will be for the best.
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This is a useful function to close a program based on a windows caption, this should work for any top-level window. Paste all this into a standard module, save it. Then call CloseApp("Notepad") or whatever the name of the window is, it’s nice & simple and should close the program instantly.
This requires Windows 2000 plus, for older versions of Windows a different method is required, that isn’t covered here, seeing as Windows 2000 and better require special privileges to forcefully close a program.
It has now been over a year since the last major release of YAWAST, but today I am happy to release version 0.7, which is one of the largest changes to date. This is the result of substantial effort to ensure that YAWAST continues to be useful in the future, and add as much value as possible to those performing security testing of web applications.
If you are using the Gem version, simply run gem update yawast to get the latest version.
