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GetUserName
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Retrieves the user name of the current thread. This is the name of the user currently logged onto the system. |
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BOOL GetUserName(
LPTSTR lpBuffer, // address of name buffer
LPDWORD nSize // address of size of name buffer
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DECLARE INTEGER GetUserName IN advapi32;
STRING @lpBuffer,;
INTEGER @nSize
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lpBuffer
Points to the buffer to receive the null-terminated string containing the user"s logon name.
nSize
Pointer to a DWORD that, on input, specifies the maximum size, in characters, of the buffer specified by the lpBuffer parameter. |
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| If the function succeeds, the return value is a nonzero value. |
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nSize = 250
cBuffer = REPLICATE(Chr(0), nSize)
= GetUserName(@cBuffer, @nSize)
cBuffer = STRTRAN(cBuffer, CHR(0), "")
? cBuffer
? GETENV("USERNAME")
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SYS(0) -- the network machine information -- returns computer name and user name in one string.
See also: GetUserNameEx, GetComputerName, GetComputerNameEx |
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| Created: | 2001-07-14 12:00:00 | | Modified: | 2009-01-07 12:46:57 |
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