sandman_br
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Getting network information
My Delphi program has to run in a Microsoft Win95 network and needs the following data: user name, computer name and workgroup name. How can I retrieve this info using Delphi code?
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getcomputername and getusername , also could give part of information you looking for
procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
var
compbuf,userbuf: array [0..16] of Char;
compsize,usersize: DWORD;
begin
compsize := 16;
usersize := 16;
GetComputerName(compbuf, compSize);
GetUserName(userbuf, userSize);
showmessage(userbuf+' '+compbuf);
end;
var
compbuf,userbuf: array [0..16] of Char;
compsize,usersize: DWORD;
begin
compsize := 16;
usersize := 16;
GetComputerName(compbuf, compSize);
GetUserName(userbuf, userSize);
showmessage(userbuf+' '+compbuf);
end;
jecksom
The NetQueryDsplayInformation is a Windows Nt API only it will not return on Win 95 however u are correct in the get computer/username API
Sandman_br
Here is some code to get the username and Computername
procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
var
NameBuf, NameBuf2: array[0..80] of Char;
SizeBuf, SizeBuf2: LongWord;
begin
SizeBuf := Sizeof(NameBuf);
GetUserName(NameBuf, SizeBuf);
Edit1.Text := NameBuf;
SizeBuf2 := Sizeof(NameBuf2);
GetComputerName(NameBuf2, SizeBuf2);
Edit2.Text := NameBuf2;
end;
The Workgroup I think needs to be read from the registry...
it sits under the path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\
the string to read is Workgroup...
Later
BoRiS
The NetQueryDsplayInformation is a Windows Nt API only it will not return on Win 95 however u are correct in the get computer/username API
Sandman_br
Here is some code to get the username and Computername
procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
var
NameBuf, NameBuf2: array[0..80] of Char;
SizeBuf, SizeBuf2: LongWord;
begin
SizeBuf := Sizeof(NameBuf);
GetUserName(NameBuf, SizeBuf);
Edit1.Text := NameBuf;
SizeBuf2 := Sizeof(NameBuf2);
GetComputerName(NameBuf2, SizeBuf2);
Edit2.Text := NameBuf2;
end;
The Workgroup I think needs to be read from the registry...
it sits under the path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\
the string to read is Workgroup...
Later
BoRiS
C sources for network info: http://www.mvps.org/win32/
ASKER
Thanks a lot! I had tried getusername () and getcomputername () at first, but
only getusername () worked... maybe because I was trying to reuse the buffer
and size variables I passed for the first call in the second call. It only
worked with separate variables for each call, as you suggested... but now it's fine. :)
As for the workgroup name, BoRiS's suggestion worked plain great. Kudos to ronit
for the cool link. Thanx again, guys!
C ya,
Sandman
only getusername () worked... maybe because I was trying to reuse the buffer
and size variables I passed for the first call in the second call. It only
worked with separate variables for each call, as you suggested... but now it's fine. :)
As for the workgroup name, BoRiS's suggestion worked plain great. Kudos to ronit
for the cool link. Thanx again, guys!
C ya,
Sandman