Dns.GetHostName Method
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Gets the host name of the local computer.
public:
static System::String ^ GetHostName();
public static string GetHostName();
static member GetHostName : unit -> string
Public Shared Function GetHostName () As String
A string that contains the DNS host name of the local computer.
An error is encountered when resolving the local host name.
The following example uses the GetHostName method to obtain the host name of the local computer.
public:
void DisplayLocalHostName()
{
try
{
// Get the local computer host name.
String^ hostName = Dns::GetHostName();
Console::WriteLine( "Computer name : {0}", hostName );
}
catch ( SocketException^ e )
{
Console::WriteLine( "SocketException caught!!!" );
Console::WriteLine( "Source : {0}", e->Source );
Console::WriteLine( "Message : {0}", e->Message );
}
catch ( Exception^ e )
{
Console::WriteLine( "Exception caught!!!" );
Console::WriteLine( "Source : {0}", e->Source );
Console::WriteLine( "Message : {0}", e->Message );
}
}
public void DisplayLocalHostName()
{
try {
// Get the local computer host name.
String hostName = Dns.GetHostName();
Console.WriteLine("Computer name :" + hostName);
}
catch(SocketException e) {
Console.WriteLine("SocketException caught!!!");
Console.WriteLine("Source : " + e.Source);
Console.WriteLine("Message : " + e.Message);
}
catch(Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Exception caught!!!");
Console.WriteLine("Source : " + e.Source);
Console.WriteLine("Message : " + e.Message);
}
}
Public Sub DisplayLocalHostName()
Try
' Get the local computer host name.
Dim hostName As [String] = Dns.GetHostName()
Console.WriteLine(("Computer name :" + hostName))
Catch e As SocketException
Console.WriteLine("SocketException caught!!!")
Console.WriteLine(("Source : " + e.Source))
Console.WriteLine(("Message : " + e.Message))
Catch e As Exception
Console.WriteLine("Exception caught!!!")
Console.WriteLine(("Source : " + e.Source))
Console.WriteLine(("Message : " + e.Message))
End Try
Product | Versions |
---|---|
.NET | Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
.NET Framework | 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1 |
.NET Standard | 2.0, 2.1 |
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