getting i.p

[Vaebn]

Is there anyway of finding out the local i.p through visual basic?
Many Thanks

[Matthew Gates]

Public Const WS_VERSION_REQD = &H101
Public Const WS_VERSION_MAJOR = WS_VERSION_REQD \ &H100 And &HFF&
Public Const WS_VERSION_MINOR = WS_VERSION_REQD And &HFF&
Public Const MIN_SOCKETS_REQD = 1
Public Const SOCKET_ERROR = -1
Public Const WSADescription_Len = 256
Public Const WSASYS_Status_Len = 128

Public Type HOSTENT
hName As Long
hAliases As Long
hAddrType As Integer
hLength As Integer
hAddrList As Long
End Type

Public Type WSADATA
wversion As Integer
wHighVersion As Integer
szDescription(0 To WSADescription_Len) As Byte
szSystemStatus(0 To WSASYS_Status_Len) As Byte
iMaxSockets As Integer
iMaxUdpDg As Integer
lpszVendorInfo As Long
End Type

Public Declare Function WSAGetLastError Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" () As Long
Public Declare Function WSAStartup Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" (ByVal wVersionRequired&, lpWSAData As WSADATA) As Long
Public Declare Function WSACleanup Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" () As Long
Public Declare Function gethostname Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" (ByVal hostname$, ByVal HostLen As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function gethostbyname Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" (ByVal hostname$) As Long
Public Declare Sub RtlMoveMemory Lib "kernel32" (hpvDest As Any, ByVal hpvSource&, ByVal cbCopy&)

Function hibyte(ByVal wParam As Integer)
hibyte = wParam \ &H100 And &HFF&
End Function


Function lobyte(ByVal wParam As Integer)
lobyte = wParam And &HFF&
End Function


Sub SocketsInitialize()
Dim WSAD As WSADATA
Dim iReturn As Integer
Dim sLowByte As String, sHighByte As String, sMsg As String
iReturn = WSAStartup(WS_VERSION_REQD, WSAD)


If iReturn <> 0 Then
MsgBox "Winsock.dll Error."
End
End If
If lobyte(WSAD.wversion) < WS_VERSION_MAJOR Or (lobyte(WSAD.wversion) = _
WS_VERSION_MAJOR And hibyte(WSAD.wversion) < WS_VERSION_MINOR) Then
sHighByte = Trim$(Str$(hibyte(WSAD.wversion)))
sLowByte = Trim$(Str$(lobyte(WSAD.wversion)))
sMsg = "Windows Sockets version " & sLowByte & "." & sHighByte
'sMsg = sMsg & " winsock.dll tarafindan desteklenmiyor. "
MsgBox sMsg
End
End If

End Sub

Public Function CurrentIP(ReturnExternalIP As Boolean)
Dim hostname As String * 256
Dim hostent_addr As Long
Dim host As HOSTENT
Dim hostip_addr As Long
Dim temp_ip_address() As Byte
Dim i As Integer
Dim ip_address As String
Dim IP As String

If gethostname(hostname, 256) = SOCKET_ERROR Then
MsgBox "Windows Socket Error " & Str(WSAGetLastError())
Exit Function
Else
hostname = Trim$(hostname)
End If
hostent_addr = gethostbyname(hostname)


If hostent_addr = 0 Then
MsgBox "Winsock.dll error."
Exit Function
End If
RtlMoveMemory host, hostent_addr, LenB(host)
RtlMoveMemory hostip_addr, host.hAddrList, 4

Do
ReDim temp_ip_address(1 To host.hLength)
RtlMoveMemory temp_ip_address(1), hostip_addr, host.hLength


For i = 1 To host.hLength
ip_address = ip_address & temp_ip_address(i) & "."
Next
ip_address = Mid$(ip_address, 1, Len(ip_address) - 1)

Internal = TheIP ' Send ONLY the External IP to the CurrentIP Function
EXTERNAL = ip_address ' Send the External IP to the function parameter External
TheIP = ip_address ' Send LAN IP to the function para Internal

ip_address = ""
host.hAddrList = host.hAddrList + LenB(host.hAddrList)
RtlMoveMemory hostip_addr, host.hAddrList, 4
Loop While (hostip_addr <> 0)


If ReturnExternalIP = True Then
CurrentIP = EXTERNAL
Else
CurrentIP = Internal
End If
End Function

Sub SocketsCleanup()
Dim lReturn As Long
lReturn = WSACleanup()


If lReturn <> 0 Then
MsgBox "Socket Error " & Trim$(Str$(lReturn)) & " occurred In Cleanup "
End
End If
End Sub



Usage


Private Sub Command1_Click()
SocketsInitialize
Msgbox CurrentIP(True)
End Sub

[Vaebn]

How would i use that code? i get an error about constants and public members of object modules.
Thanks

[sarun]

Place the declarations in a module

[choochoo]

or, you could just use the MS Winsock OCX and use the code...

Winsock1.LocalIp

hm, i guess thats the easy way out. heh :)