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Function SocketGetHostName() Professional

Retrieves the default host name for the local computer.

Syntax
SocketGetHostName( [@<nError>] ) --> cHostName
Parameters
<nError>
If this parameter is passed by reference to the function, it gets assigned a numeric error code when the function fails. #define constants beginning with WSAE are available in the file SOCKET.CH to identify an error condition.
Return

The function returns the default name of the local computer as character string, or a null string ("") when an error occurs.

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