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Post New Requests Here / Re: Turn a batch file into an AHK script.

« Last post by 4wd on May 11, 2013, 02:32 AM »

Or perhaps right-click on the icon and select Exit? 

In spite of my fast approaching senility that was the first thing I looked at.   No context menu on the icon when this happens!
I also tried a couple of the options we have come up with for cleaning the tray, nothing worked so it would seem the icon is not orphaned.

-pilgrim (May 09, 2013, 07:15 AM)

Only thing I can think of is you happening to use rasdial, (to disconnect), at the same instant PPTPchek wants to use it.  I'll put a simple check in to delay PPTPchek if the radial.exe process exists, I've also changed the delay to 2 seconds.

Give it a try and let me know, I'm still looking at another way to get PPTP VPN status that isn't so "hacky".

I have used these connections for several years without a problem and nothing in my set up has been changed.
If the router is passing other PPTP connections it can't be that and the same applies to the firewall and AV.

Can you think of anything I've missed?

Sorry, can't help you as I rarely use VPNs - closest I get is over a SSH tunnel to my VPS.
No PPTP VPN will work on my Win7 machine currently, (time to reinstall), but a SSH tunnel is damn near bulletproof.

That's why my testing is only on my WHS machine atm.

3177

Living Room / Re: Strange Pyramid

« Last post by 4wd on May 11, 2013, 12:51 AM »

The pyramid is an advanced bio-digester and therefore the cause of the methane gas pockets^*.







* And thus the cause of the depleted marine life.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Advice needed on AHK script

« Last post by 4wd on May 09, 2013, 07:03 AM »

I've given up - your system is just plain weird.  

However, a little something for you to try just for the fun of it:

In theory, no left over icons because the programs are cleanly shut down.

I've only tested with those 3 programs so who knows what else can happen.

BTW, why do you run a separate time service?

You could just run w32tm /resync if you want to synchronise your system clock - one less program to kill badly

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Turn a batch file into an AHK script.

« Last post by 4wd on May 09, 2013, 05:42 AM »

I have found that the icon sometimes remains when I disconnect and the only way to get rid of it is to close the program using the task manager.

-pilgrim (May 09, 2013, 03:57 AM)

Or perhaps right-click on the icon and select Exit? 

Next time it happens please open a CLI and type rasdial.exe and copy the results.  If it says "No connections" then there is a problem.

When I close the connection and the icon does disappear it takes about 5 seconds by my reckoning, I am not sure if this is related to the polling delay or a shutdown delay, either way could it be reduced to say 2 seconds?

I can change it easily enough but there will be an attendant CPU load increase also, (due to less time in idle state and calling rasdial more often).  Still looking at a better way to get connection state - possibly just by hitting the performance counters.

Does the latest version of PPTPchek replace the previous version if someone is still using batch files or do they work in different ways?

Replaces, it only requires an optional delay, it will pick up the connection name from what rasdial reports.

I think I mentioned somewhere that I am in touch with a VPN developer/provider, would you have any objections if details/instructions for PPTPchek were put on his website, it would of course be credited to you?

Not a problem, maybe I'll add a /? so you can get the CLI parameters, (like a normal DOS command).

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Living Room / Re: What books are you reading?

« Last post by 4wd on May 08, 2013, 11:32 PM »

Just finished all 14 books of Andy McNab' Nick Stone series, now onto Flashforward by Robert Sawyer.



Question for all you book nuts, anyone know where I can get ebook versions of L. P. Davies'^w novels?

My dad has most of his in hardcover, so I can always go nick them, but I'd like to read them again, (it's some of the best sci-fi I've read), on my phone rather than cart a book around.

Actually, I should nick them anyway before they end up in an Op Shop. 

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Turn a batch file into an AHK script.

« Last post by 4wd on May 08, 2013, 11:24 AM »

I can't read the print in your images even with a magnifier (blurred) , I think I can work most of it out except for what is in the second and third boxes in step 4?

-pilgrim (May 08, 2013, 11:17 AM)

Click on the images, they're much bigger than they appear.

Or just use PPTPchek.exe 600 in your batch file.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Advice needed on AHK script

« Last post by 4wd on May 08, 2013, 06:44 AM »

Just tried the new version of CleanTray, it removed all 4 icons instantly, it left 4 empty spaces at the right hand end of the tray (with the Task Manager NOT running), it rearranged the icons. Basically it's doing the same as the previous version.

-pilgrim (May 08, 2013, 05:24 AM)

And that's running it as:

CleanTray.exe 5

(or at least some number from 1 to 100) ?

The fact you said instantly kind of indicates that you didn't specify an argument, otherwise you'd be able to watch the mouse move around, ie. it's not instant.

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Living Room / Re: Can we compare file transfer protocols?

« Last post by 4wd on May 08, 2013, 02:09 AM »

No problem, I'm used to being ignored 

3184

Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Folder Zipper

« Last post by 4wd on May 08, 2013, 01:57 AM »

I know it's not a multi-megbyte monster with a nice GUI....but if you don't mind a simple batch command:

Code: Text [Select]

1. REM 7z2CBZ.cmd
2. @echo off
3. %~d1
4. cd %~dp1
5. for /d %%X in (%*) do (
6. cd "%%~nxX"
7. REM edit line below to include path to 7z.exe
8. C:\batchfiles\7z.exe a "..\%%~nxX.cbz" *.* -mx5 -tzip
9. cd ..
10. )

Put the batch file somewhere, edit it so that it's pointing to 7z.exe, then create a shortcut to it in %USERPROFILE%\SendTo, eg.



To use: select your folders in Explorer, DOpus, etc, right-click and select Send To -> 7z2CBZ

eg. From this:



You should end up with something like this:



Obligatory warning: There's no checking for any kind of error, eg. if you selected files instead directories.  That said, it works for me

A breakdown of what it does:
%~d1    Take the drive of the first argument and change to it
cd %~dp1    Take the path of the first argument and CD to it
for /d %%X in (%*) do (     For every argument passed to the batch file
cd "%%~nxX"    CD to the directory
C:\batchfiles\7z.exe a "..\%%~nxX.cbz" *.* -mx5 -tzip    Create the archive in the parent directory
cd ..    Change back to the parent directory


UPDATE: Got rid of the move command.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Advice needed on AHK script

« Last post by 4wd on May 07, 2013, 08:24 PM »

Seems to me that you'd be better off with a program that terminates a process and removes
any tray icon left by the terminated program, then you'd only need three lines in your batch file.

Or a task killer that sends a proper program exit command so the program can shut itself down cleanly.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Turn a batch file into an AHK script.

« Last post by 4wd on May 07, 2013, 08:08 PM »

Yes, I could just change it so it ran all the time if no arguments were passed.

In that case, with its current method of working, I'd probably have the default interval changed to 10-15 seconds.

EDIT: Or in Win7, there's probably an EventID when a connection is made that you could use to trigger a Scheduled Task.

Here we go, this should work for Vista and later, (including WHS2008+) - requires latest PPTPchek.exe (0.3.0.16):

1) Run Task Scheduler and select Create Basic Task



2) Give your task a name, (and a description if you want), then hit Next:



3) Select When a specific event is logged then hit Next:



4) Set up the Trigger as below and hit Next:



5) Choose Start a program, hit Next:



6) Fill out the fields with the appropriate info, hit Next:



7) Hit Finish



Job done!  Program will run when a PPTP connection is made.

(And no, the Task Scheduler in XP isn't intelligent enough to do this.  )

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Finished Programs / Re: SOLVED: Absolutely Basic Count-up Timer (ABC Timer)

« Last post by 4wd on May 07, 2013, 12:54 AM »

If you

Maybe I'm wrong but that looks like it's a countdown timer.

-4wd (May 07, 2013, 12:48 AM)

If you set the minutes to zero, it acts as a countup timer.   

-skwire (May 07, 2013, 12:52 AM)

My mistake 

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Finished Programs / Re: SOLVED: Absolutely Basic Count-up Timer (ABC Timer)

« Last post by 4wd on May 07, 2013, 12:48 AM »

My bet is on SnapTimer.  =]

-skwire (May 07, 2013, 12:13 AM)

Maybe I'm wrong but that looks like it's a countdown timer.

I think a basic stopwatch program that starts when run is nearer the mark, perhaps tranglos' Stopwatch ?

Or the SwiftTec version is even simpler.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Creating thumbnails from AVCHD .mts files?

« Last post by 4wd on May 07, 2013, 12:20 AM »

Nod5 created a script for doing it here and fredkremenko did one here.

Should still work unless the interface of MPC/MPC-HC have radically changed.

EDIT: One day I'll learn to look at the preceding post dates more carefully 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Advice needed on AHK script

« Last post by 4wd on May 06, 2013, 11:46 PM »

The one question I have to ask is: What are you doing that leaves so many orphaned icons so often?

Also, I'd be interested to know if the attached version of CleanTray works, I've modified it so that it works one of two ways which I'll refer to as Nuke'em and Boring

CleanTray.exe [anything]

Where: [anything] = anything, any argument at all.

A number from 1 to 100 = Boring slow way = moving mouse over all the icons, the lower the number the faster it moves, I suggest you start with 5.
No args, a string or 0 = Nuke'em = Much faster with an absolute total disregard of resulting icon order, (the way I like since I have to restart explorer.exe to get all the icons to show up in the first place).

So in your case, try:

C:\> CleanTray.exe 2

I realise that AutoIt and AHK are two different languages but it seems that we have one script that removes ALL orphaned icons but plays havoc with icon location and a second script that only affects orphaned icons but will not remove more than 2 at a time. Putting aside the different languages they are written in what are they actually doing differently?

AutoIt script, (original CleanTray), gets the number of icons in the tray then asks for the process that controls that icon.  If no process is returned the icon is removed - obviously in using the appropriate system calls to remove the icon, it also removes the positioning info.

The first AutoHK script moves the mouse over the icons but you need to specify a coordinate offset based on your screen parameters.  The second AutoHK script works the same as CleanTray by using system calls to detect icons without processes and then removing them.

The new CleanTray works depending on the passed argument:
a) The original way, ie. just removes the icon if it has no background process.
b) Locates the tray, gets the number of icons, it then loops backwards through the list getting the icon' background process.  If an icon has no background process, the mouse is moved to it, Windows will then remove it, (as it usually does).  If an icon is removed it will exit the loop, get the new number of icons and start again, ie. it will recurse, (kind of), through the icon list until it gets to the point where no icons are removed.

REDUNDANT: See below

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General Software Discussion / Re: Advice needed on AHK script

« Last post by 4wd on May 06, 2013, 09:25 AM »

And yet another option

Here's a simple AutoIt script that will bounce the mouse over tray icons that have a running process, it may pick up orphaned icons as it jumps from one to another.

It's just a modified version of the SysTray_Example.au3 found here along with the UDF by tuape.

Attached code redundant - see below.

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General Software Discussion / Re: [IDEA] put places on map

« Last post by 4wd on May 05, 2013, 05:50 AM »

If you put them into a spreadsheet then you can import into Maptive or Spreadsheets -> Map Wizard.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Turn a batch file into an AHK script.

« Last post by 4wd on May 04, 2013, 09:07 PM »

Something I realised when I was changing VPN's is there is no indication as to which one is connected, the icon is showing 'PPTPcheck.exe' when I move the cursor over it.

-pilgrim (May 04, 2013, 11:10 AM)

Short term memory loss ?  

EDIT: For some weird reason I can't get the ToolTip to change to something other than the executable name, (I was going to make it the passed NIC name), more reading to be done.

-4wd (May 02, 2013, 06:53 AM)

To avoid any problems I have put a shortcut in the toolbar to the OFF batch file, it works for all PPTP connections (L2TP as well) and still only needs one click.
This is probably not necessary but sometimes I finished up with the PPTPcheck icon out of synch with the connection status, a couple of clicks on any ON icon sorts it out but this stops it happening.

I don't see how that can happen unless you're switching connections faster than the 5 second interval PPTPchek uses between rasdial.exe calls, ie. the longest PPTPchek should be active after a disconnection is 5 seconds.

This was a trade-off between increased CPU usage and a reasonably short update period - there's probably another way I could use to check connection status, (using a WMI or DLL call), but rasdial.exe was quick and easy.  I might look into it a bit further.

When I first started using them there were hardly any about and few if any of them were free, now they are popping up all over the place although I'm not sure that I would trust the security of some of them.

But since most of them are purely for the purpose of accessing region restricted media content, that shouldn't be a problem.

UPDATE: PPTPchek

• Start monitor delay will be terminated as soon as the rasdial.exe process terminates.
• ToolTip now indicates connection name.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Turn a batch file into an AHK script.

« Last post by 4wd on May 04, 2013, 05:59 AM »

Code: Text [Select]

1. rasdial.exe | find /i "no connections" >NUL
2. if errorlevel 1 goto running
3. rem prog is not running
4. cmdow.exe /run rasdial.exe PPTP-UK freecloudvpn.com 1702
5. cmdow.exe /run /hid PPTPchek.exe PPTP-UK 60
6. goto alldone
7. :running
8. rem prog is already running
9. cmdow.exe /run rasdial.exe /disconnect
10. :alldone

Tested working on WHS2011, (equivalent to Win7 x64), running it from the directory in which cmdow.exe, PPTPchek.exe and the batch file all reside.

Run it from a shortcut and no CLI windows are left open.

No separate OFF batch file required, just the ON ones.

(That's a free VPN BTW, password changes every few hours.)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Turn a batch file into an AHK script.

« Last post by 4wd on May 03, 2013, 10:51 PM »

Use Cmdow instead of Start - an old standby from the heady days of DOS.

Cmdow - Cmdow is a Win32 commandline utility for NT4/2000/XP/2003 that allows windows to be listed, moved, resized, renamed, hidden/unhidden, disabled/enabled, minimized, maximized, restored, activated/inactivated, closed, killed and more.

eg. cmdow.exe /run /hid pptpchek.exe US-VPN 20

Only the Netload download link seems to be working at this time.

NOTE: Your AV program will probably hate it unless you tell it to ignore it - although MSE and MBAM seem OK with it.

It'll do until I work out how to detach from the CLI, which seems to be surprisingly hard, (or obscure).

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Turn a batch file into an AHK script.

« Last post by 4wd on May 03, 2013, 06:43 AM »

Before I leave this subject I have one further question if you don't mind:

All it does is call rasdial.exe every 5 seconds, if the named connection no longer exists the program exits.

I have been trying for a long time to find a way to put an argument into a batch file that states: 'if PPTP is (not) connected then........'.
Can your idea be used in that way and if so how would it read?

-pilgrim (May 03, 2013, 05:18 AM)

Off the top of my head, something along the lines of:

Code: Text [Select]

1. rasdial.exe | find /i "no connections" >NUL
2. if errorlevel 1 goto running
3.  
4. echo No PPTP connection
5.  
6. goto alldone
7. :running
8.  
9. echo PPTP connection exists
10.  
11. :alldone

ie.
Execute rasdial and pipe the output to FIND to search for "no connections", (case insensitive), if it doesn't exist the errorlevel will be 1 so we jump to the running label.

You have made using my computer a little bit easier and saved me countless hours of trying to sort this out myself, at the end of which I would probably have given up.

No problem, gives me something to do besides blast things in Borderlands 2  

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General Software Discussion / Re: Steam, and customer satisfaction

« Last post by 4wd on May 03, 2013, 05:02 AM »

@Target: If you want to save your data allowance let me know, I'll make sure my CoD: MW3 install is up to date, archive it onto DVD and mail it to you.

BTW, the 35GB install seems excessive - it only takes up 14.2GB on both my XP and Win7 machines.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Turn a batch file into an AHK script.

« Last post by 4wd on May 02, 2013, 10:20 PM »

Thanks - looks like this is going to be a bit of fun, the PPTP not having a physical connection means I need another way to see if it's online, (possibly something as simple as count the number of IPs periodically).

Quick question, do you only ever have one PPTP VPN connected at a time?

EDIT: Worked out how - some things are so easy once you stop looking too hard  


PPTPchek - Simple PPTP connection monitor (I'm starting to run out of names)

Nothing fancy, same command args as ConnStat above:

PPTPcheck.exe [delay]       - delay = optional delay before monitoring starts
eg. PPTPchek.exe 30

All it does is call rasdial.exe every 2 seconds, if the named connection no longer exists the program exits.

Code: AutoIt [Select]

1. #Region ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
2. #AutoIt3Wrapper_Icon=netshell_190.ico
3. #AutoIt3Wrapper_UseUpx=n
4. #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Fileversion=0.3.0.20
5. #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Fileversion_AutoIncrement=y
6. #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Icon_Add=netshell_193.ico
7. #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Icon_Add=netshell_191.ico
8. #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Icon_Add=netshell_192.ico
9. #EndRegion ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
10.  
11. #comments-start
12.  
13. PPTPchek- Displays an icon in the SysTray while the specified PPTP connection exists
14.  
15. PPTPchek.exe [delay]
16.  
17. where: [delay]       = Optional delay before monitoring starts (in seconds)
18.  
19. eg.  PPTPchek.exe 30
20.  
21. Tray icon will  change colour at the end of the delay period, (if given or when rasdial.exe has finished), to indicate monitoring has begun.
22.  
23. NIC status will be checked every 2000 milliseconds.
24.  
25. PPTPchek can be terminated by causing the PPTP connection to disconnect, (eg. pull the cable), or choosing Exit from the icon context menu.
26.  
27. If the icon is flashing between its normal icon and a red cross it indicates the program is PAUSED - use the context menu to unpause.
28. #comments-end
29.  
30. #include <Constants.au3>
31. #include <StaticConstants.au3>
32.  
33. Opt("TrayAutoPause", 0)
34.  
35. TraySetState()                                                                   ; Show tray icon
36. If $CmdLine[0] > 1 Then
37.         If Int($CmdLine[2]) > 0 Then
38.                 $j = 0
39.                 $i = TimerInit()
40.                 While $j < Int($CmdLine[2]) * 1000                          ; Loop until delay expired
41.                         $j = TimerDiff($i)
42.                         If ProcessExists("rasdial.exe") = 0 Then ExitLoop   ; If rasdial.exe process doesn't exist, exit the loop
43.                         Sleep(1000)
44.                 WEnd
45.         EndIf
46. EndIf
47. TraySetState(2)                                                                 ; Hides tray icon after delay
48. TraySetIcon(@ScriptName, -5)                                         ; Change icon
49. TraySetState(1)                                                                 ; Show tray icon, ie. monitoring starts
50.  
51. While 1
52.         If _GetState() = "" Then _Exit()
53.         Sleep(2000)
54. WEnd
55.  
56.  
57. Func _Exit()
58.         Exit
59. EndFunc
60.  
61.  
62. Func _GetState()
63.         While ProcessExists("rasdial.exe")
64.                 Sleep(250)
65.         WEnd
66.         Local $foo = Run(@comspec & ' /c rasdial.exe', '.', @SW_HIDE, $STDOUT_CHILD)
67.         If @error Then
68.                 MsgBox(48, "PPTPchek", "PPTPchek: Failed to run rasdial.exe")
69.         EndIf
70.         Local $output
71.         $output = ''
72.         While 1
73.                 $output &= StdoutRead($foo)
74.             If @error <> 0 Then ExitLoop
75.         WEnd
76.         StdioClose($foo)
77.         If StringInStr($output, "No connections") Then Return ""
78.         Local $temp = StringSplit($output, @CRLF)
79.         TraySetToolTip($temp[2])
80.         Return $temp[2]
81. EndFunc

UPDATE:

• Monitoring delay will be terminated as soon as the rasdial.exe process terminates.
• ToolTip now indicates connection name.
• Doesn't need a connection argument, (for running via Task Scheduler)
• Checks to see if rasdial.exe is running before executing it
• Interval changed to 2 seconds

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Turn a batch file into an AHK script.

« Last post by 4wd on May 02, 2013, 08:15 AM »

Can you run the attached program when you have a PPTP VPN connected, select all the lines in the output window, copy then paste into a text file and attach it to a reply here?

Doesn't do anything strange, just reports information regarding network devices: device names, status, etc - no secret information, (source included so anyone can check).

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Turn a batch file into an AHK script.

« Last post by 4wd on May 02, 2013, 06:53 AM »

Simple connection monitor: ConnStat.exe

The simple part: an icon = connected; no icon = disconnected


ConnStat - Connection Status

ConnStat.exe <adapter> [delay]

where: <adapter >= NIC adapter name as given under Windows Network Connections, use quotes if necessary
            [delay]    = Optional delay before monitoring starts (in seconds)

eg.  ConnStat.exe "virtualbox host-only network" 30

Tray icon will change colour at the end of the delay period, (if given), to indicate monitoring has begun.

If the NIC given does not exist or it does not have a status of Connected, the program will exit.

NIC status will be checked every 1000 milliseconds.

ConnStat can be terminated by causing the NIC to disconnect, (eg. pull the cable, disable it, nuke the destination, etc), or choosing Exit from the icon context menu.

If the icon is flashing between its normal icon and a red cross it indicates the program is PAUSED - use the context menu to unpause.

Code: AutoIt [Select]

1. #Region ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
2. #AutoIt3Wrapper_Icon=netshell_193.ico
3. #AutoIt3Wrapper_UseUpx=n
4. #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Icon_Add=netshell_190.ico
5. #EndRegion ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
6.  
7. #comments-start
8.  
9. ConnStat - Connection Status
10.  
11. ConnStat.exe <adapter> [delay]
12.  
13. where: <adapter >= NIC adapter name as given under Windows Network Connections, use quotes if necessary, it's case-insensitive
14.             [delay]    = Optional delay before monitoring starts, (in seconds).
15.  
16. eg.  ConnStat.exe "virtualbox host-only network" 30
17.  
18. Tray icon will change colour at the end of the delay period, (if given), to indicate monitoring has begun.
19.  
20. If the NIC given does not exist or it does not have a status of Connected, the program will exit.
21.  
22. NIC status will be checked every 1000 milliseconds.
23.  
24. ConnStat can be terminated by causing the NIC to disconnect, (eg. pull the cable), or choosing Exit from the icon context menu.
25.  
26. If the icon is flashing between its normal icon and a red cross it indicates the program is PAUSED - use the context menu to unpause.
27. #comments-end
28.  
29. #Include <Array.au3>
30.  
31. ; No command line args = message and exit
32. If $CmdLine[0] = 0 Then
33.         MsgBox(48, "ConnStat", "Command format:" & @CRLF & "ConnStat.exe <network connection> [delay]" & @CRLF & @CRLF & 'eg. ConnStat.exe "Local Area Connection 2" 30')
34.         _Exit()
35. EndIf
36.  
37. TraySetState()                                                                   ; Show tray icon
38. $checkConn = $CmdLine[1]                                            ; arg 1 = NIC
39. If $CmdLine[0] > 1 Then
40.         If Int($CmdLine[2]) > 0 Then Sleep(Int($CmdLine[2]) * 1000)    ; arg2 = optional delay
41. EndIf
42. TraySetState(2)                                                                 ; Hides tray icon appears after delay, ie. monitoring starts
43. TraySetIcon(@ScriptName, -5)                                         ; Change icon
44. TraySetState(1)                                                                 ; Show tray icon
45.  
46. While 1
47.         $connNICs = _AdaptersConnected()                            ; get NICs with state "connected"
48.         $i = _ArraySearch($connNICs, $checkConn, 1)            ; search NIC list for our adapter
49.         If @error Then _Exit()                                                   ; exit if not found
50.         Sleep(1000)
51. WEnd
52.  
53.  
54. Func _Exit()
55.         Exit
56. EndFunc
57.  
58. ; Function by guiness @ http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/134245-get-netconnection-status/#entry936095
59. Func _AdaptersConnected($sComputer = @ComputerName)
60.     Local $aReturn[1] = [0], $iDimension = 0, $oColItems, $oWMIService, $sDelimeter = Chr(01), $sReturn = ""
61.  
62.     $oWMIService = ObjGet("winmgmts:\\" & $sComputer & "\")
63.     $oColItems = $oWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * From Win32_NetworkAdapter Where NetConnectionStatus='2'", "WQL", 0x30)
64.  
65.     If IsObj($oColItems) Then
66.         For $oObjItem In $oColItems
67.             If $oObjItem.AdapterType = "" Or $oObjItem.NetConnectionID = "" Then ; Ensures that the connections are physical adapters.
68.                 ContinueLoop
69.             EndIf
70.             If StringInStr($sDelimeter & $sReturn, $sDelimeter & $oObjItem.Description & $sDelimeter, 1) Then ; Ensures there are no duplicates.
71.                 ContinueLoop
72.             EndIf
73.             $sReturn &= $oObjItem.Description & $sDelimeter
74.  
75.             If ($aReturn[0] + 1) >= $iDimension Then ; http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/...en-you-have-to-resize-an-exist
76.                 $iDimension = ($aReturn[0] + 1) * 2
77.                 ReDim $aReturn[$iDimension]
78.             EndIf
79.  
80.             $aReturn[0] += 1
81.             $aReturn[$aReturn[0]] = $oObjItem.NetConnectionID
82.         Next
83.     EndIf
84.  
85.     ReDim $aReturn[$aReturn[0] + 1]
86.     Return $aReturn
87. EndFunc   ;==>_AdaptersConnected

You can run multiple copies and you can rename the executable to anything you like.

EDIT: For some wierd reason I can't get the ToolTip to change to something other than the executable name, (I was going to make it the passed NIC name), more reading to be done.

NOTE: Currently only works for physical adapters.