[AccessD] an ACCESS query
Ryan W
wrwehler at gmail.com
Tue Mar 12 11:40:32 CDT 2019
What about just
Environ("Username") ?
On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 11:39 AM Bob Walsh <BWalsh at healthinsight.org> wrote:
> Something like this?
>
> Declare PtrSafe Function apiGetUserName Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias
> "GetUserNameA" _
> (ByVal lpBuffer As String, nSize As Long) As Long
>
> Function fOSUserName() As String
> ' Returns the network login name
> Dim lngLen As Long, lngX As Long
> Dim strUserName As String
> strUserName = String$(254, 0)
> lngLen = 255
> lngX = apiGetUserName(strUserName, lngLen)
> If (lngX > 0) Then
> fOSUserName = Left$(strUserName, lngLen - 1)
> Else
> fOSUserName = vbNullString
> End If
> End Function
>
> From: AccessD <accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com> On Behalf Of John W.
> Clark
> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 9:36 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving <
> accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] an ACCESS query
>
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>
> I haven't been out here in quite a while, but I'm hoping someone can save
> me. I seem to have forgotten some things and I need to grab a user's Active
> Directory login ID and put it in a record.
>
> I actually haven't programmed anything in quite a while. I've been playing
> with VoIP phones and email lately and haven't needed to work with MS Access
> in a very long time. I still lurk every now and then and read the posts,
> but I haven't needed to use it.
>
> I'm praying someone has some code I can use to do this quick. I was trying
> to use a couple of things, like:
>
>
> Dim strUser as String
> strUser = ActiveDirectory.User()
> MsgBox "Welcome back, " & strUser
>
> but I get nothing...no errors, just nothing. I've tried variations and
> some other code I've found as well.
>
> Is the "ActiveDirectory" code above native or should I be invoking
> something to make it work?
>
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