Getting computer name using VBA

Question

Is there a way to get the name of the computer in VBA?

Answer 1

You can do like this:

Sub Get_Environmental_Variable()

Dim sHostName As String
Dim sUserName As String

' Get Host Name / Get Computer Name    
sHostName = Environ$("computername")

' Get Current User Name    
sUserName = Environ$("username")

End Sub

Answer 2

Looks like I'm late to the game, but this is a common question...

This is probably the code you want.

Please note that this code is in the public domain, from Usenet, MSDN, and the Excellerando blog.

Public Function ComputerName() As String
' Returns the host name

' Uses late-binding: bad for performance and stability, useful for 
' code portability. The correct declaration is:

'   Dim objNetwork  As IWshRuntimeLibrary.WshNetwork
'   Set objNetwork = New IWshRuntimeLibrary.WshNetwork

Dim objNetwork As Object
Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")

ComputerName = objNetwork.ComputerName

Set objNetwork = Nothing


End Function

You'll probably need this, too:

Public Function UserName(Optional WithDomain As Boolean = False) As String
' Returns the user's network name

' Uses late-binding: bad for performance and stability, useful for
' code portability. The correct declaration is:

'   Dim objNetwork  As IWshRuntimeLibrary.WshNetwork
'   Set objNetwork = New IWshRuntimeLibrary.WshNetwork

Dim objNetwork As Object
Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")

If WithDomain Then
    UserName = objNetwork.UserDomain & "\" & objNetwork.UserName
Else
    UserName = objNetwork.UserName
End If

Set objNetwork = Nothing


End Function

Answer 3

Dim sHostName As String

' Get Host Name / Get Computer Name

sHostName = Environ$("computername")