Kernel32 GetComputerName

[Scott]

Hi all,

Been a while since I have done this sort of coding, so I'm a little rusty...

I need to get the computername and am trying:

#import "kernel32.dll"
string GetComputerNameA(string lpBuffer, int nSize);
#import

int start()
{
   string name;
      
   GetComputerNameA(name,32767);
   
   Print(name);
   return(0);
}   

but of course it doesn't work! I am on a borrowed computer and don't have access to any of my own notes, links etc.

Can anyone please help? I am not even too sure I have the GetComputerNameA definition correct?

[Scott]

Never mind... forgot about MT4 and "strings" Thanks for reading though.

[William Roeder]

Perhaps you should read the manual.
   How To Ask Questions The Smart Way. (2004)
      How To Interpret Answers.
         RTFM and STFW: How To Tell You've Seriously Screwed Up.

Strings are wide since Build 600+ (2014)

Buffer and size ares an output, passed by reference.
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