Windows - how to control XP control panels: network setting

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I want to write a script to toggle my wireless and wired connections ON/OFF.
Any pointers on how to go about doing this?

Thanks!

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itsme213 wrote:

I want to write a script to toggle my wireless and wired connections ON/OFF. Any pointers on how to go about doing this?

General routine for Windows system fun:

* Go to MSDN
* Search around for how to do this using VBScript or JScript.
* Port to Ruby, using Win32OLE lib for ActiveX/Win32 calls.

James

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You will likely need to access the Windows API - these posts may help you:

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=114198&SiteID=1
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/wmi_tasks__networking.asp

The second edition of the Pickaxe book has some info on calling the Win32API on page 755.

The same example is on the web here:
http://www.rubycentral.com/book/lib_windows.html

Les