>>Hi Abbie,
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>>>Is there a quick/easy :) way to get the login name of someone logged into a computer on a network. I know sys(0) will give me the machine name, but I'd like the actually user, not the machine.
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>>SYS(0) should give you both separated by "#".
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>>Christof
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>That depends on what version of FP/VFP you're using and what network you're on.
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>There are a couple good third party libraries to check out, GPLib and NetLib, for functions to get network connection information. Also of course there are Win API functions you can call, but I don't know what they are without looking them up.
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>I've always either used GPLib, or relied on environment variables set by login scripts (which I knew in advance for a particular network's login scripts.)
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>Rich

Hi

I read registry to get user's name.
In Windows NT I read HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Volatile Environment value LOGNAME.
In Windows 95 I read HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\control value Current User.

It works fine for both Windows 95 and NT.