This code snippet retrives the name of your networked computer by using API function.

by Yeolekar Nitin Padmakar - EBG India Pvt Ltd (1 Submission)
Category: Windows API Call/Explanation
Compatability: VB 6.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Wed 9^th January 2002
Date Added: Mon 8^th February 2021
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API Declarations
Private Declare Function GetComputerName Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetComputerNameA" (ByVal lpBuffer As String, nSize As Long) As Long

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'a label which should be named as label1

Private Sub Form_Load()
'strbuff holds the name of your computer
Dim strbuff As String
Dim n As Long
strbuff = "      "
n = 100
'GetComputerName() returns 0 if the function did not execute successfully.
'other wise it returns integet value greater than 0
If (GetComputerName(strbuff, n)) > 0 Then
    Label1.Caption = "Network name of my computer is :" + strbuff
End If
End Sub

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