[2005] IP Finder

[knxrb]

I've made an IP finder! I had a look on the web for 'get ip' code and I couldn't find any(that I understood); so I put some together and came up with my application

Application:
[Link to compiled executable removed — Mod]

Code:

Imports System
Imports System.Net.Dns

Public Class Main

    Private Sub Main_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Dim shostname As String
        shostname = System.Net.Dns.GetHostName
        Console.WriteLine("Your Machine Name = " & shostname)
        Console.WriteLine("Your IP = " & GetIPAddress())
        TextBox1.Text = shostname
        txtip.Text = "" & GetIPAddress()

    End Sub
    Shared Function GetIPAddress() As String
        Dim oAddr As System.Net.IPAddress
        Dim sAddr As String
        With System.Net.Dns.GetHostByName(System.Net.Dns.GetHostName())
            oAddr = New System.Net.IPAddress(.AddressList(0).Address)
            sAddr = oAddr.ToString
        End With
        GetIPAddress = sAddr
    End Function

End Class

[JuggaloBrotha]

shouldn't this be in the codebank?

[stanav]

You've made it unnecessarily complicated. Here is a much simplier version

Dim entry As System.Net.IPHostEntry = System.Net.Dns.GetHostEntry(Environment.MachineName)
        Dim IPs As String = String.Empty
        For Each IP As System.Net.IPAddress In entry.AddressList
            IPs &= IP.ToString & " "
        Next
        MessageBox.Show(IPs)

[knxrb]

i'm only tryin to help people. sorry if its complicated, but at least it works!

[penagate]

Sorry but we don't allow links to or attached compiled executables here. If you want however you're welcome to post your code snippets in the appropriate Codebank section.

[stanav]

i'm only tryin to help people. sorry if its complicated, but at least it works!

There are normally more than one way to slice an apple, and the same is true to programming. I'm NOT saying that your code won't work, I've only said it is more complicated than it should be. I know you're trying to share your knowledge with others here (and that's great), but like I said earlier, there are usually many ways to achive a same task and within those, some are better than the others. So I just want to show you a nother way of doing it with less code. Better? I don't know but shorter is for sure.