At 08:06 AM 9/10/2002, you wrote: >I do know VB Script. I just didn't know of any way to ping an IP address or >get a shell response back to my script. Like "strReturn = >objShell.Run("cmd.exe /c ping -n 1 domain.com") but it doesn't really work >that way... The only other thing I could think to do is pipe the ping >results to a text file and read it with the file scripting object then. >Doesn't matter really. Thanks. > >Ray at work try this: Dim shell Set shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") strReturn = Shell.Run("ping jchan", 1, true) 'msgbox strReturn if strReturn = false then do whatnot endif ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm