How to get the environment information in VB.NET?

The System.Environment namespace includes the functionality to get the environment information such as the UserName and OS Version.

 
File name is SystemInfo.vb 
  Imports System
      Class SystemInfo
        Shared Sub main()
            Console.WriteLine("") 
            Console.WriteLine("Current User") 
            Console.WriteLine(Environment.UserName) 
            Console.WriteLine("") 
            Console.WriteLine("Name of the Machine") 
            Console.WriteLine(Environment.MachineName) 
            Console.WriteLine("") 
            Console.WriteLine("OS version") 
            Console.WriteLine(Environment.OSVersion) 
            Console.WriteLine("") 
            Console.WriteLine("System Directory") 
            Console.WriteLine(Environment.SystemDirectory) 
            Console.WriteLine("") 
            Console.WriteLine("TMP Folder") 
            Console.WriteLine(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TMP")) 
            Console.WriteLine("") 
            Console.WriteLine("Class Path") 
            Console.WriteLine(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ClassPath")) 
            Console.WriteLine("") 
Console.readLine()
        End Sub
End Class


Written by Sandeep Mogulla, Webmaster at www.startvbdotnet.com

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