Get Computer Name

The code below retreives the computer name

Declare Function GetComputerNameA Lib "kernel32" (ByVal lpBuffer As String, nSize As Long) As Long

Public Function GetComputerName() As String
Dim sResult As String * 255
    GetComputerNameA sResult, 255
    GetComputerName = Left$(sResult, InStr(sResult, Chr$(0)) - 1)
End Function

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