> Hi all,
>
> I am attempting to utilize MS's article I.D. #828993 found at:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B828993
>
> In an effort to create a GUI Ping utility that ultimately will show me
> via a green indicator if a system is pingable and a red indicator if a
> system is not pingable. In addition I want to be able to ping a range
> of addresses at one time and have the program return my indicators.
>
> Anyway, this article appears to be a good place to start, however my
> skills in VB.NET have been sitting by the wayside for about 1.5 years
> now so I am a bit out of touch with what some of the Microsoft
> preliminary expectations as far as programming ability are with
> regards to this article.
>
> If anybody can shed some light on where a good place to start might
> be, either with this article or maybe with a different article, I'd
> sure appreciate it. This MS article seems to have a ton of useful
> code, however I have not been able to create a form to go with the
> code, if indeed that is what's needed.
>
> Furthermore, if anybody can give me a link to some basic Ping utility
> source code that I can play with for a while I may be able to use it
> as a good learning tool.
>
> I cannot utilize .NET2.0 framework as we run some legacy apps that
> don't support it, so my development environment has to be VS.NET2003
> and .NET1.1 framework.
>
> Thanks in advance to anybody who will assist me.
>

"GhostInAK" wrote:

> Hello luvwknd,
>
> This looks promising: http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/CSharpPing.asp
>
> and The Framework 1.1 and 2.0 will live side by side on the same machine
> with no problems.
>
> -Boo
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am attempting to utilize MS's article I.D. #828993 found at:
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B828993
> >
> > In an effort to create a GUI Ping utility that ultimately will show me
> > via a green indicator if a system is pingable and a red indicator if a
> > system is not pingable. In addition I want to be able to ping a range
> > of addresses at one time and have the program return my indicators.
> >
> > Anyway, this article appears to be a good place to start, however my
> > skills in VB.NET have been sitting by the wayside for about 1.5 years
> > now so I am a bit out of touch with what some of the Microsoft
> > preliminary expectations as far as programming ability are with
> > regards to this article.
> >
> > If anybody can shed some light on where a good place to start might
> > be, either with this article or maybe with a different article, I'd
> > sure appreciate it. This MS article seems to have a ton of useful
> > code, however I have not been able to create a form to go with the
> > code, if indeed that is what's needed.
> >
> > Furthermore, if anybody can give me a link to some basic Ping utility
> > source code that I can play with for a while I may be able to use it
> > as a good learning tool.
> >
> > I cannot utilize .NET2.0 framework as we run some legacy apps that
> > don't support it, so my development environment has to be VS.NET2003
> > and .NET1.1 framework.
> >
> > Thanks in advance to anybody who will assist me.
> >
>
>
>

"GhostInAK" wrote:

> Hello luvwknd,
>
> They are both first-rate OOP languages.. so the concepts are the same.. the
> only difference is the syntax.. and how would I know how quickly you learn?
>  Read the language spec.. check out some sample code..
>
> -Boo
>
>
>

> It would be my estimation that a skilled programmer (maybe not you)
> would know the variances between vb.net and c#.net and could make an
> educated postulation whether or not a person who has used vb.net could
> transcend into c#.net without much ado. I suppose my incorrect thought
> here was thinking you might be a skilled programmer, but then again
> you did reply to a vb.net forum with a c#.net suggestion didn’t you?
>
> "GhostInAK" wrote:
>
>> Hello luvwknd,
>>
>> They are both first-rate OOP languages.. so the concepts are the
>> same.. the only difference is the syntax.. and how would I know how
>> quickly you learn? Read the language spec.. check out some sample
>> code..
>>
>> -Boo
>>

"GhostInAK" wrote:

> Hello luvwknd,
>
> Well yes, just because you can read and write English must mean you can read/write
> Spanish and French as well.  Moron.
>
> -Boo
>
> > It would be my estimation that a skilled programmer (maybe not you)
> > would know the variances between vb.net and c#.net and could make an
> > educated postulation whether or not a person who has used vb.net could
> > transcend into c#.net without much ado. I suppose my incorrect thought
> > here was thinking you might be a skilled programmer, but then again
> > you did reply to a vb.net forum with a c#.net suggestion didn’t you?
> >
> > "GhostInAK" wrote:
> >
> >> Hello luvwknd,
> >>
> >> They are both first-rate OOP languages.. so the concepts are the
> >> same.. the only difference is the syntax.. and how would I know how
> >> quickly you learn? Read the language spec.. check out some sample
> >> code..
> >>
> >> -Boo
> >>
>
>
>

> Yes, more on than off... that's more than can be said for you. You
> were the originator of the smart-ass mentality, not me. I simply
> replied with 'just the facts'.
>
> This is the problem with these forums, you get idiots that think they
> know
> it all and then when someone points out that they don't know it all,
> they get
> all smart-assy just as you have done.
> Go back to school and learn some basic respect skills and you will
> find that
> life is much better.
> "GhostInAK" wrote:
>
>> Hello luvwknd,
>>
>> Well yes, just because you can read and write English must mean you
>> can read/write Spanish and French as well.  Moron.
>>
>> -Boo
>>
>>> It would be my estimation that a skilled programmer (maybe not you)
>>> would know the variances between vb.net and c#.net and could make an
>>> educated postulation whether or not a person who has used vb.net
>>> could transcend into c#.net without much ado. I suppose my incorrect
>>> thought here was thinking you might be a skilled programmer, but
>>> then again you did reply to a vb.net forum with a c#.net suggestion
>>> didn't you?
>>>
>>> "GhostInAK" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello luvwknd,
>>>>
>>>> They are both first-rate OOP languages.. so the concepts are the
>>>> same.. the only difference is the syntax.. and how would I know how
>>>> quickly you learn? Read the language spec.. check out some sample
>>>> code..
>>>>
>>>> -Boo
>>>>