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Dns.GetHostName Method

Definition

Namespace:
System.Net
Assemblies:
netstandard.dll, System.Net.NameResolution.dll
Assembly:
System.Net.NameResolution.dll
Assembly:
System.dll
Assembly:
netstandard.dll
Source:
Dns.cs
Source:
Dns.cs
Source:
Dns.cs
Source:
Dns.cs
Source:
Dns.cs

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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

Returns

A string that contains the DNS host name of the local computer.

Exceptions

An error is encountered when resolving the local host name.

Examples

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 :" + 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

Applies to

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