Windows User Name and HostName

RadioOpa

How to read Windows User Name and the machine Host name in a VC application ?

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David Crow

RadioOpa wrote:

How to read...Host name in a VC application ?

Try gethostname().

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ThatsAlok

RadioOpa wrote:

Windows User Name

GetUserName

RadioOpa wrote:

machine Host name

GetComputerName

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RadioOpa

Many Thanks ! I´ve done it this way: DWORD dwLength = MAX_COMPUTERNAME_LENGTH + 1; CString csComputerName; GetComputerName( csComputerName.GetBuffer( 0), &dwLength);