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gethostname

The Windows Sockets gethostname function returns the standard host name for the local machine.

VB4-32,5,6
Declare Function gethostname Lib "WSOCK32" (ByVal szHost As String, ByVal dwHostLen As Long) As Long

VB.NET
System.Net.Dns.GetHostName

Operating Systems Supported
Requires Windows Sockets 1.1 or later

Library
Wsock32

Parameter Information
· name
[out] A pointer to a buffer that receives the local host name.

· namelen
[in] The length of the buffer.

Return Values
If no error occurs, gethostname returns zero. Otherwise, it returns SOCKET_ERROR and a specific error code can be retrieved by calling WSAGetLastError.

Examples

Related Functions

No VB.NET Example Found

 

 


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