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GetPDCName - The name of the Primary Domain Controller
Date: 1/20/2001
Versions: VB4/32 VB5 VB6 Level: Intermediate
Author: The VB2TheMax Team

Private Declare Function NetGetDCName Lib "netapi32.dll" (strServerName As
Any, _
    strDomainName As Any, pBuffer As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function NetApiBufferFree Lib "netapi32.dll" (buffer As Any)
As _
    Long
Private Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" (dest As
_
    Any, source As Any, ByVal bytes As Long)

' Return the name of the Primary Domain Controller (PDC)
'
' server names are preceded by a double slash

Function GetPDCName() As String
    Dim lpBuffer As Long
    Dim buffer As String

    If NetGetDCName(vbNullString, vbNullString, lpBuffer) = 0 Then
        ' a zero return value means success
        buffer = Space$(128)
        ' copy into local buffer
        CopyMemory ByVal StrPtr(buffer), ByVal lpBuffer, LenB(buffer)
        ' trim excess chars
        GetPDCName = Left$(buffer, InStr(buffer & vbNullChar, vbNullChar) -
1)
        ' release memory
        NetApiBufferFree lpBuffer
    End If

End Function

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ComputerName - The name of the local computer
Date: 4/20/1999
Versions: VB4/32 VB5 VB6 Level: Beginner
Author: The VB2TheMax Team

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

' Returns the name of the computer.

Function ComputerName() As String
    Dim buffer As String * 512, length As Long
    length = Len(buffer)
    If GetComputerName(buffer, length) Then
        ' this API returns non-zero if successful,
        ' and modifies the length argument
        ComputerName = Left$(buffer, length)
    End If
End Function
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NetworkUserName - The user name used to establish a network connection
Date: 1/20/2001
Versions: VB4/32 VB5 VB6 Level: Intermediate
Author: The VB2TheMax Team

Private Declare Function WNetGetUser Lib "mpr.dll" Alias "WNetGetUserA"
(ByVal _
    lpszLocalName As String, ByVal lpszUserName As String, _
    lpcchBuffer As Long) As Long

' return the current default user name or
' the user name used to establish a connection

Function NetworkUserName() As String
    Dim buffer As String
    buffer = Space$(256)
    ' if the WNetGetUser API returns 0, then
    ' the user name is in buffer
    If WNetGetUser(vbNullString, buffer, Len(buffer)) = 0 Then
        NetworkUserName = Left$(buffer, InStr(buffer, vbNullChar) - 1)
    End If
End Function






-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Mccurdy [mailto:tmccurdy@c...]
Sent: 18 April 2001 14:05
To: professional vb
Subject: [pro_vb] Re: How to find out whether the Computer is in netwo
rk


Use the WinSock control and PING the PC Name.

-----Original Message-----
From: vinay.poddar@s... [mailto:vinay.poddar@s...]
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 8:28 AM
To: professional vb
Subject: [pro_vb] Re: How to find out whether the Computer is in network





Hi,

I also want to know answer of this question.

Vinay