[Lazarus] Detecting new connection

[Paul Breneman]

On 01/31/2014 05:40 AM, Santiago A. wrote:
> Hello:
>
> I have a program on Laptop that when network is active (there is a WIFI,
> ie) must do some tasks (in fact check for updates).
>
> Is there any standard way to do so, without continuously  pooling if it
> can connect to Internet?
>
>

Here is a bit I did over ten years ago (please let me know if something 
is out-of-date):
How can we programmatically detect if the computer our application is 
running on is connected to the Internet?
http://www.brenemanlabs.com/iConnect.htm

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by a gang of brutal facts.
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