API to get hostname from Jscript

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I am not sure why my previous post was not listed. Lets see if this one gets listed. I have a stand alone jScript which passes parameters to a C# program. I have to pass hostname to the C# program. Is there an api which I can use to get hostname in the jScript if not can I do it using the 'hostname' system command?

Thanks in Advance. Sam

T.J. Crowder · Answer 1 · 2010-03-07T17:15:22.297

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Since you're using JScript I assume you're running under Windows. You can get the current computer's name from the environment:

var env, computerName;
env = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell").Environment("Process");
computerName = env("COMPUTERNAME");

...if that's what you mean by hostname. More on environments (there are more than one available, above I picked the process's environment) here.

edited Mar 07 '10 at 17:15

answered Mar 07 '10 at 17:07

T.J. Crowder

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This is pretty much I wanted. Keeping rocking! /Sam – Sam Mar 07 '10 at 17:42
When I run multiple of these scrips. This is creating lots of WScript.exe*32 process on the system. Should I do delete env after getting ComputerName? Thanks in advance, Sam – Sam Jun 11 '10 at 11:36
@Sam: No, you can't delete a `var`. You may want to add `env = undefined;` after you're done using it, to explicitly break the reference to it. Blast Microsoft and their reference counting issues! ;-) – T.J. Crowder Jun 11 '10 at 16:25
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What a nightmare ActiveX was – Matthieu Riegler Oct 08 '22 at 09:58
@MatthieuRiegler - Big time. :-) – T.J. Crowder Oct 08 '22 at 09:59

API to get hostname from Jscript

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