How to get my Network Workgroup Name with C#

Hi there,
How to get my Network Workgroup Name with C#???

Hope you can help

Best Regards

Nov 17 '05 #1

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Hi,

Use P/Invoke to call the NetGetJoinInformation Windows API function.

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Dmytro Lapshyn [Visual Developer - Visual C# MVP]
"Diogo Alves - Software Developer"
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Hi there,
How to get my Network Workgroup Name with C#???

Hope you can help

Best Regards

Nov 17 '05 #2

Diogo Alves - Software Developer

hum...never done that before...

May you write an xample?

"Dmytro Lapshyn [MVP]" wrote:

Hi,

Use P/Invoke to call the NetGetJoinInformation Windows API function.

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Sincerely,
Dmytro Lapshyn [Visual Developer - Visual C# MVP]
"Diogo Alves - Software Developer"
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Hi there,
How to get my Network Workgroup Name with C#???

Hope you can help

Best Regards

Nov 17 '05 #3

Dmytro Lapshyn [MVP]

http://pinvoke.net/default.aspx/neta...formation.html

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Dmytro Lapshyn [Visual Developer - Visual C# MVP]
"Diogo Alves - Software Developer"
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hum...never done that before...

May you write an xample?

"Dmytro Lapshyn [MVP]" wrote:
Hi,

Use P/Invoke to call the NetGetJoinInformation Windows API function.

--
Sincerely,
Dmytro Lapshyn [Visual Developer - Visual C# MVP]
"Diogo Alves - Software Developer"
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> Hi there,
> How to get my Network Workgroup Name with C#???
>
> Hope you can help
>
> Best Regards
>
>
>

Nov 17 '05 #4

Willy Denoyette [MVP]

"Diogo Alves - Software Developer"
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Hi there,
How to get my Network Workgroup Name with C#???

Hope you can help

Best Regards

When you need this in a desktop application you can get the Workgroup name
from the Environment.UserDomainName property.

Willy.

Nov 17 '05 #5

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