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GetComputerName
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Retrieves the computer name of the current system. This name is established at system startup, when it is initialized from the registry |
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BOOL GetComputerName(
LPTSTR lpBuffer, // address of name buffer
LPDWORD nSize // address of size of name buffer
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DECLARE INTEGER GetComputerName IN kernel32;
STRING @ lpBuffer,;
INTEGER @ nSize
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lpBuffer
Points to a buffer to receive the null-terminated character string containing the computer name.
nSize
Points to a variable that specifies the maximum size, in characters, of the buffer. This value should be large enough to contain MAX_COMPUTERNAME_LENGTH + 1 characters. |
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| If the function succeeds, the return value is TRUE and the variable at nSize contains the number of characters copied to the destination buffer |
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| SYS(0) -- the network machine information -- returns computer name and user name in one string. |
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| Created: | 2001-07-14 12:00:00 | | Modified: | 2002-01-10 23:33:29 |
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