function GetIPFromName(Name: string): string;
var
WSAData: TWSAData;
HostEnt: PHostEnt;
begin
WSAStartup(2, WSAData);
HostEnt := gethostbyname(PChar(Name));
with HostEnt^ do
Result := Format('%d.%d.%d.%d', [Byte(h_addr^[0]),
Byte(h_addr^[1]), Byte(h_addr^[2]), Byte(h_addr^[3])]);
WSACleanup;
end;
