Thanks for the post!
>>I am wondering how to get the computer name from the system. This will need to work on windows 95, 98, Nt, 2000 whether connected to a network or not.
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>>I am planning on using this for a simple software copy protection. Is there any other pieces of system information that would also prove useful instead of or in addition to the computer name.
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>>Jason
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>Jason, here's something I have used:
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>    local lcMachineName,lnLen,llRetVal
>    declare GetComputerName in WIN32API string @,long @
>    lcMachineName=space(200)
>    lnLen=200
>    llRetVal=GetComputerName(@lcMachineName,@lnLen) && Local computer name from registry
>*    public IPSocket
>*    IPSocket = CreateObject("MSWinsock.Winsock")
>*    if type('IPSocket')='O'
>*      IPAddress = IPSocket.LocalIP
>*      localhostname=IPSocket.localhostname
>*    endif
>* Email MIS
>*    cemailline1="Error in TT3 Active Program "+mprog+ " err "+ cmerror+ CHR(10)+CHR(13)
>    cemailline12="Network Information "+iif(llRetval,left(alltr(lcMachineName),len(alltr(lcMachineName))-1),.Null.)
>*    cemailline13="Local IP:   " + IPAddress
>*    cemailline14="Local host: "+localhostname
>

>
>Ed B