So i'm a newbie to VB and i need some help doing something that is so simple i cant work it out.

I have a form that has a button, on clicking the button it pings a computer.



So i'm thinking people are already calling me stupid :). What i want to happen is when the button is clicked and the ping is ok it sets the counter (lblcount) to 0. Which works.

But if the ping fails i want the counter to count how many in a row. So if i click the button 4 times and ping fails 4 times the lblcount should display 4. Then if i click it and ping is ok the lblcount goes back to 0.

I've got it displaying 1 after the first fail but then stays. Should i have made this a global variable or a class??

Please Help
I do learn from my mistakes.

Thanks

Each time you click your button you are resetting the value of COUNT to zero.
Move your variable declaration for COUNT to the form level and your code will work.

Public Class Form1

    Dim Count As Integer

    Private Sub btnPing_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnPing.Click

        If My.Computer.Network.Ping("10.50.50.217") Then
            lblDisplay.Text = "Server pinged successfully."
            Count = 0
            lblcount.Text = Count

        Else
            lblDisplay.Text = "Ping request timed out."
            Count = Count + 1
            lblcount.Text = Count
        End If

    End Sub

End Class



Best Regards,
Earl Francis

Thank you very much that works a treat.

Now to add a clock, telnet and more code :)