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Jonathan  
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 More options Jan 25, 6:44 pm
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From: Jonathan <Jonat...@discussions.microsoft.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:44:00 -0800
Subject: How do I get the Computer Name from within VBA
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I am writing an Access database (Access 2003 on WinXP and VISTA) in VBA and I
would like to be able to read out the computer name of the PC the database is
going to be running on.
Is there a way to do this?

Thanks


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Larry Serflaten  
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 More options Jan 25, 8:59 pm
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From: "Larry Serflaten" <serfla...@usinternet.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:59:11 -0600
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Subject: Re: How do I get the Computer Name from within VBA
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"Jonathan" <Jonat...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

> I am writing an Access database (Access 2003 on WinXP and VISTA) in VBA and I
> would like to be able to read out the computer name of the PC the database is
> going to be running on.
> Is there a way to do this?

One easy way is to use enviroment settings.  For a complete list try this:

  For i = 1 To 50
    Debug.Print i, Environ(i)
  Next

Specifically, for the computer name, try this:

MsgBox Environ("COMPUTERNAME")

Just be aware that these settings can be changed by the user, but for the most
part, are usually accurate....

HTH
LFS


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Jonathan  
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 More options Jan 26, 2:47 pm
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Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:47:28 -0800
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Subject: Re: How do I get the Computer Name from within VBA
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Dear Larry,
Thanks! - That's it - I don't know why I never came across this function.
Solved my problem in seconds.


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Karl E. Peterson  
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Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:21:23 -0800
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Jonathan wrote:
> I am writing an Access database (Access 2003 on WinXP and VISTA) in VBA and I
> would like to be able to read out the computer name of the PC the database is
> going to be running on. Is there a way to do this?

Here's another way that no user can muck up...

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

   Private Function CurrentMachineName() As String
      Dim Buffer As String
      Dim nLen As Long
      Const CNLEN As Long = 15  ' Maximum computer name length
      Buffer = Space$(CNLEN + 1)
      nLen = Len(Buffer)
      If GetComputerName(Buffer, nLen) Then
         CurrentMachineName = Left$(Buffer, nLen)
      End If
   End Function

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