>>
>>We recently upgraded from Novell 3.12 to Novell 4.11
>>
>>We have FP 2.6 for windows on the network and used the GETENV('USERID')
>>to get the person's ID. The userid and longname were set up in the login script
>>when the user logged into Novell 3.12. We have found that we we upgraded to
>>Novell 4.11 some Win 3.1 users were not getting their log in scripts run at all so
>>intern the GETENV failed to get a userid and the user would have to manually
>>enter the id when they ran the program. Some users in Win 95 chose to not run
>>the Novell login script (an option in WIN 95) and thus the GETENV failed on them.
>>
>>I would suggest 2 things
>>
>>1. Go to a machine it is failing on and get to a DOS prompt in windows and do a SET, if the
>>environment variable is present then it is a foxpro problem.
>>
>>2. If the variable is not present then depending on the Novell version there are programs
>>that will ask Novell who this user is who logged on.
>>
>>We worked a very long time to get user validation and have found it very tricky if you
>>want to do automatic ID versus having the user enter a userid and password again, which
>>all users just love doing :).
>>
>>Hope this helps
>
>Bret,
>
>Thanks for your suggestions.
>
>On the machines that are failing, I had already tried going to DOS and type SET. The 'Full Name' is
>present when I do this.
>
>Also, we have purchased a copy of Gplib that has a ton of Novell functions in it and it does return
>the user's Full name from with FPW26 or VFP3 without a problem.
>
>I think something has changed with the Getenv() function from FPW26 to VFP3. FPW26' s Getenv()
>always returns what we want, but VFP3 Getenv() works on about 50% of the machines tested here.
>
>Has anyone else seen this?
>
>Jerryt
It could also be a memory problem. On the rare occasions that we have seen this problem, that is what it has turned out to be. We also run internal security on certain systems and use the GETENV() function to get the uname but also give the user the ability to enter their userid if they wish. We are running Novell 3.x and 4.11, Fox 2.0 through VFP 3.