Getting Host Name
 

Hi,

Does anyone know the VBA for getting the host name of a server (Windows
Server 2003) that an Excel spreadsheet (Excel 2003) is sitting on (I don't
mean path info, as I already know this and the host name doesn't show up).

I'm trying to set-up a trigger, so that if an Excel file is removed from the
server onto someones PC the file will behave differently.

Getting Host Name
 

You could use this function to get the UNC from a file.

Pass the workbook path to the function, and just strip the UNC from the
returned UNC path

Function GetUNCPath(myDriveLetter As String) As String
Dim lReturn As Long
Dim szBuffer As String

myDriveLetter = Left(myDriveLetter, 1) & ":"

szBuffer = String$(256, vbNullChar)
lReturn = WNetGetConnectionA(myDriveLetter, szBuffer, 256)

If lReturn = 0 Then
GetUNCPath = Left$(szBuffer, InStr(szBuffer, vbNullChar))
Else
GetUNCPath = "Error"
End If

End Function

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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Hi,

Does anyone know the VBA for getting the host name of a server (Windows
Server 2003) that an Excel spreadsheet (Excel 2003) is sitting on (I don't
mean path info, as I already know this and the host name doesn't show up).

I'm trying to set-up a trigger, so that if an Excel file is removed from
the
server onto someones PC the file will behave differently.