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API Declarations Click here to copy the following block Private Declare Function GetComputerName Lib "kernel32.dll" Alias "GetComputerNameA" (ByVal lpBuffer As String, nSize As Long) As Long Module Click here to copy the following block Public Function ComputerName() As String   Dim cn As String   Dim ls As Long   Dim res As Long   cn = String(1024, 0)   ls = 1024   res = GetComputerName(cn, ls)   If res <> 0 Then     ComputerName = Mid(cn, 1, InStr(cn, Chr(0)) - 1)   Else     ComputerName = ""   End If End Function Usage Click here to copy the following block Private Sub Command1_Click()   MsgBox ComputerName End Sub

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