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I'm programming a Windows local service using C++ and WinAPIs. From within that service I need to know that an Internet connection is available (in general) so I came up with the InternetGetConnectedState API but then after reading the MSDN I found this in the Remarks section:
In addition, it should not be used from a service.
Well, "thank you", Microsoft!
Does anyone have any idea why and what alternative can I use from a service.
PS. I don't want to use the ping approach because obviously there's no way of knowing that the site I'm pinging is up, so it then opens up a whole new can of worms.
Generally you don't need to care whether the Internet is available, you just attempt to make the connection to the site and deal with any failure.