NetworkAvailabilityChanged Event (My.Computer.Network)

NetworkAvailabilityChanged Event (My.Computer.Network)

Location

My.Computer.Network.NetworkAvailabilityChanged

Syntax

     Public Sub MyComputerNetwork_NetworkAvailabilityChanged( _        ByVal sender As Object, _        ByVal e As NetworkAvailableEventArgs)     End Sub

Elsewhere:

     AddHandler My.Computer.Network.NetworkAvailabilityChanged, _        AddressOf MyComputerNetwork_NetworkAvailabilityChanged

sender (required; Object): The control or object that raised the event
e (required; NetworkAvailableEventArgs): An event parameter that contains information about the network, using the Microsoft.VisualBasic.Devices.NetworkAvailableEventArgs class.

Description

The NetworkAvailabilityChanged event occurs whenever the network availability changes.

Public Members

The e argument for this event, as an instance of the NetworkAvailableEventArgs class, includes the following notable public members.

Member	Description
`IsNetworkAvailable`	Property. A Boolean that indicates whether the new state of the network is available (`TRue`) or not (`False`)

Usage at a Glance

This event is available to any type of application. A similar event, only available in Windows Forms applications, exists in the My.Application object. See the NetworkAvailabilityChangedEvent (My.Application) entry in this chapter for information on that event.
You cannot use the Handles keyword when defining the event procedure for this event. You must attach the event procedure to the event using the AddHandler statement.
This event does not occur on Windows 95 and Windows 98 systems.

Related Framework Entries

Microsoft.VisualBasic.Devices.Network Class
Microsoft.VisualBasic.Devices.NetworkAvailableEventArgs Class