Gets the connection profile associated with the internet connection currently used by the local machine.
public:
static ConnectionProfile^ GetInternetConnectionProfile()
Type: ConnectionProfile
The profile for the connection currently used to connect the machine to the Internet, or nullptr if there is no connection profile with a suitable connection.
To be notified of changes in connectivity, register a handler for the NetworkStatusChanged event. When a notification is received of a network status change, call the GetInternetConnectionProfile method to get the current connection profile which can then be stored for later use when needed.
The following example demonstrates how to retrieve a ConnectionProfile. The function calls GetInternetConnectionProfile to retrieve the ConnectionProfile representing the connection currently used for Internet connectivity. Alternatively, your app can call GetConnectionProfiles to retrieve all available connections on a device.
C++
using namespace Windows::Networking::Connectivity;
//Retrieve the ConnectionProfile
ConnectionProfile^ InternetConnectionProfile = NetworkInformation::GetInternetConnectionProfile();
//Pass the returned object to a function that accesses the connection data
String^ strConnectionProfileInfo = GetConnectionProfileInfo(InternetConnectionProfile);
If more than one connection profile is currently connecting the machine to the internet, the preferred profile is returned by this method. The preferred profile represents the connection that is the most likely to be used when sending and receiving traffic to and from the internet.
For additional examples of how NetworkInformation class methods are implemented to retrieve connection profiles, see Quickstart: Retrieving network connection information.
Namespace: Windows.Networking.Connectivity
Metadata: windows.winmd