Re: current login

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From: Jason (jlewis_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/18/05 

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 12:35:11 +0100

Hi Nikos,

Thanks for tip. I agree that normal users don't know how to change it. Do
you also know to get the hostname?

Greetings,

J
"Nikos Yannacopoulos" <nyannacoREMOVETHISBIT@in.gr> schreef in bericht
news:eyemFvaFFHA.3824@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Jason,
>
> Not sure if this will work under Novell, but as far as Windows goes:
>
> Environ("UserName")
>
> will return the Windows login name.
>
> It can be argued that environment variables are fairly easy to change, so
> some advise to use an API call instead, in order to retrieve the Windows
> login name. The counter-argument is that hardly any user will know how to
> do that, even if they know it's being used, but if you want to go by the
> book you can find the code in:
>
> http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0008.htm
>
> HTH,
> Nikos
>
> Jason wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was wondering how i could use the current login in a textbox. I know
>> the currentuser() gives me e.g. 'Admin' if no security is set up.
>>
>> But how can i get the login and/or hostname from windows (or if logged in
>> through novell)?
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> J

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