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Declare Function GetComputerName Lib "kernel32.dll" Alias "GetComputerNameA" (ByVal lpBuffer As String, nSize As Long) As Long

Platforms: Win 95/98, Win NT

GetComputerName reads the name of the user's computer. The name is put into the string variable passed as lpBuffer. The function returns 0 if an error occured or 1 if successful.

lpBuffer

A string large enough to hold the returned computer name terminated by a null character.

nSize

The length in characters of lpBuffer.

Example:

' Display the computer's name Dim compname As String, retval As Long  ' string to use as buffer & return value compname = Space(255)  ' set a large enough buffer for the computer name retval = GetComputerName(compname, 255)  ' get the computer's name ' Remove the trailing null character from the strong compname = Left(compname, InStr(compname, vbNullChar) - 1) Debug.Print compname  ' display name

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