Hi Colin & Gerry, This is exactly what I need!
iPhoneSetReachabilityTarget, is a little obscure to search for though isn’t it? Why didn’t they name it iPhoneCheckForInternetConnection? LOL Thanks! Rick On May 22, 2014, at 8:21 PM, Gerry Orkin <gerry.or...@gmail.com> wrote: > There are commands for this. See the dictionary for > "iphoneSetReachabilityTarget" and "reachabilityChanged. > > This is what I do. Start with this at the top of your stack script: > > global internetAvailable > > Then on openstack call this: > > iphoneSetReachabilityTarget "google.com" > > Have this in your stack script too: > > on reachabilityChanged hostNameOrAddress, reachabilityInfo > global internetAvailable > put reachabilityInfo into internetAvailable > end reachabilityChanged > > That keeps a global variable updated with the current status of the > connection. When I want to check for the current status I call this: > > on internetCheck > switch > case internetAvailable is empty > answer "There doesn't appear to be an internet connection. Please > try again later." > exit to top > break > > case "reachable" is among the items of internetAvailable and "is > cell" is not among the items of internetAvailable > exit internetCheck -- there's an active wifi connection > break > > case internetAvailable contains "is cell" > answer "There's no wifi available. Use mobile data?" With "Yes" or > "No" > if it = "Yes" then > -- do whatever you need here > exit internetCheck > else > exit internetCheck > end if > break > end switch > end internetCheck > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
