PUBLIC logname IF VARTYPE(logname)<>"C" .or. LEN(ALLTRIM(logname))<6 *this.logname is property of application object *if you do not have a property just store it to a variable this.logname=GETENV('LOGIN') && Novell login name logname=this.logname ENDIF IF LEN(ALLTRIM(logname))<6 store "UNKNOWN" TO logname ENDIF>How do I capture the Novell Userid of a person logged onto our network? I don't want the Windows UserID, just the Novell UserID. This is for a VFP7 application. TIA.