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 · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-07 17:15:22Z

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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 7, 2010 at 17:15

answered Mar 7, 2010 at 17:07

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5 Comments

Sam Over a year ago

This is pretty much I wanted. Keeping rocking! /Sam

Sam Over a year ago

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

T.J. Crowder Over a year ago

@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! ;-)

Matthieu Riegler Over a year ago

What a nightmare ActiveX was 🙈

T.J. Crowder Over a year ago

@MatthieuRiegler - Big time. :-)

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