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Hi, Why don't you use this function : WNetGetUser() Good luck. I guess probably because he's looking for someone connected to the server or locking a file. You can use the following function to start working. FUNCTION TstUser()LOCAL ...

Hi,

Why don't you use this function : WNetGetUser()

Good luck.

cnavarro wrote:WNetGetUser()

thanks

WNetGetUser()

Validating a user is not difficult .. first of all I use the function WnetGetUser: xLOGIN := UPPER( WNetGetuser() )+space(15) // fivewin functionxLOGIN := SUBSTR(xLOGIN,1,15)  Take the results of xLogin and search your user table ...

... there IP addresd ? Just my 2 cents here .. An external UserId and Password would be a better solution where ever you cannot enforce SSO with WNetGetUser(). If you really want to be creative .. you can implement a dual authentication process .. where upon a successful login .. you send the ...

James

You are correct .. WNetGetUser() returns the current 'logged in' profile Userid .. so I have two entries in my software depending on which machine or profile I currently am logged into .. one for 'Rick Lipkin' and one for 'LipkinRm'

Rick Lipkin

Rick, So what does WNetGetUser() return when you log your personal computer into your corporate network? Does it stop returning "Rick Lipkin" and start returning "Lipkinrm"? If so, then it means that if you login ...

James WNetGetUser() returns the Profile User Id ( or login name ) of the current user.. My Guess is your Profile name on your computer is ( just ) James. IN a network environment .. when a person first logs into a machine with ...

Enrico,

Well, I did not know that! Thanks.

Rick,

I note that my WNetGetUser() returns only my first name. What happens if I attach to another network that already has someone with the same first name?

James

To All I use the WNetGetUser() function to extract the logged in User Id on the workstation and save it to a Public variable xLogin .. I use xLogin to find the UserID stored in my security table to assign permissions as you saw earlier ...

Look WNetGetUser()

Gracias RSalazarU por tu ayuda, realmente con NetName() se consigue el nombre del usuario o lo que para el windows es el USERDOMAIN. Gracias también a ti Silvio.Falconi por el interesante enlace. Con todo y con eso, estoy estudiando una solución para poder cambiar el USERNAME de windows. Tan pronto ...

Mira si puedes sacar algo de este post:
http://forums.fivetechsupport.com/viewt ... 21#p141189
Saludos.

Gabriel: Creo que deberias usar NetName() en vez de WNetGetUser() , esta funcion te da el nombre del equipo donde se esta corriendo la aplicacion. El nombre del equipo es unico en cada LAN, no puede haber duplicados, si los hay fallaria la conexion. ...