Thank you.
>In FoxPro you should use SYS(1) to get the username.
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>>In C# using Environment.UserName returns the name of the server. Same value no matter who is logged in.
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>Doing what exactly? A Web application? Logged in via RDP? Those things affect the host identity and don't behave the same as a local account running on a local machine.
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>IOW, Environment.UserName is the correct thing to use in a desktop application, but it gets you the underlying Windows identity that the process runs under.
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>In .NET there execution contexts though - Web applications have their own context so they support also have a logged in security for example, which is set separately based on an HTTP login (ie. HttpContext.Current.User.Identity?.Name).
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>IOW, context matters...
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>+++ Rick ---
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>>Hi,
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>>I find that it is much easier to get username currently logged into the PC using VFP and C#.
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>>In VFP a call to GetEnv("UserName") returns the username of the person currently logged into the PC. Works well.
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>>In C# using Environment.UserName returns the name of the server. Same value no matter who is logged in.
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>>How could I get the username using C#?
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>>TIA
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