Are you trying to get a computer name based off of IP or User?  Or are you wanting to fetch specific Computer data tied to the host name provided by a variable?  I guess it depends on what you mean when you say you want the component to "read" a variable.  Many of the Computer components allow variables to pass data into the process.

Can you explain what you are trying to do in more detail?

You might want to explore the Diagnostics library (not imported by default). There's a component in there called GetComputerInfo that might be what you're looking for.

There is a component under Input/Ouput that is called "Pick Up Environmet Variables" I didn't see this before, I have configured this to read the COMPUTERNAME Variable, works a treat

Many Thanks for the pointers

Hi

You cannot get the Computername with the built in components.

I've written an article on how to use javascript to get computername (and ns-computerguid):

http://www.symantec.com/connect/articles/how-get-computername-and-guid

Hope you can use it.

I created a Code (Script) Component  with the following:

Result variable -

And C# Code -

The variable returns the FQDN of the client computer so you can trim it off using a Strip Text component if you wish.

Hope this helps.

Thanks billyccfs,

Your method works but does anyone know if there is a way to get the client computer name logged onto a terminal server. When using the method above, it returns our ISA server instead of the name of the client.

Aryanos