For desktop app, how do you get IP address

[shawnblc]

I'm been trying to find this in the dictionary or a sample, but not having much luck.
I see hostAddressToName in the dictionary. Perhaps someone can point me somewhere. Thanks.

[mwieder]

yeah, this question comes up every now and then, and the answer depends a lot on what you're trying to do. Are you behind a router in a subnet? Do you want the local ip address or a public ip address?

[shawnblc]

yeah, this question comes up every now and then, and the answer depends a lot on what you're trying to do. Are you behind a router in a subnet? Do you want the local ip address or a public ip address?

For my desktop app I want to log the ip address of the user using it. There will eventually be a windows version and a osx version.

For example I'd like this information logged:

$_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']
$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']

[mwieder]

So... forgive me for being a bit confused here...

1 You've got a server app running and you'd like to log the remote user's ip address?
or
2. You're running a desktop app and for some reason want to log the user's ip address locally?

[shawnblc]

So... forgive me for being a bit confused here...

1 You've got a server app running and you'd like to log the remote user's ip address?
or
2. You're running a desktop app and for some reason want to log the user's ip address locally?

It's a local desktop app, but I'd like to be able to log the users IP address. So when they first start the app up it'll log it to a database.

This can be done with php, but since I'm using lc I'd rather do it all within lc.

[mwieder]

OK. So do you want the user's public-facing ip address or their local address (assuming a router is in place)? Or do you care which?

[shawnblc]

OK. So do you want the user's public-facing ip address or their local address (assuming a router is in place)? Or do you care which?

The public.

[mwieder]

In that case, let me point you to http://forums.runrev.com/viewtopic.php? ... ame#p75403 which should give you what you need.

[shawnblc]

In that case, let me point you to http://forums.runrev.com/viewtopic.php? ... ame#p75403 which should give you what you need.

Between that and a little php coding I'll get exactly what I need. Thank you sir.

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on mouseUp
   answer the hostNameToAddress of the hostName
end mouseUp

[mwieder]

answer the hostNameToAddress of the hostName

That will give you the local ip address, not the public one.

[shawnblc]

answer the hostNameToAddress of the hostName

That will give you the local ip address, not the public one.

Just attached it to a button and I see that. I see they were also querying a url for the public ip in that thread. Thanks. You helped me though.

[mwieder]

Yeah, the external url is a good way to get the public ip address.
Glad it helped.