Convert a Remote Computer Name into a IP Address

[Sylv4n]

What I want to do is convert a remote computer name into the IP address for that computer so for example I want to turn:
\\RemoteComputer
into
192.168.0.1

The reason is that I want to ping it and I have only found VBA apps that ping the IP address only and not the computer.

Note:
I am aware that I could Shell this command out and do it that way, (that would work for the ping also) but I wanted to keep it all in VBA and not Shell it out.

Any ideas?

 

[pvw]

Hi

There is a function LookupIPAdress. I think that this code can help you:

http://www.scottandmichelle.net/scott/code/index2.mv?codenum=081

HTH
Philipp