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what do you mean with &quot;is not matching&quot; ?<br />
can you explain that.
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what do you mean with "is not matching" ?
can you explain that.

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&nbsp;Hi,<br />
&nbsp; See the subroutine I used<br />
<br />
&nbsp; <br />
Function GetUserName() As String<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; Dim strUserName As String * 255<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; strUserName = &quot;&quot;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; 'Create a string buffer of 255 chars in length<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; Dim X As Integer<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; X = GetEnvironmentVariable(&quot;US<wbr />ERNAME&quot;, strUserName, Len(strUserName))<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; If X &gt;&nbsp;0 Then &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;'Look for Null Character, usually included<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;X = InStr(strUserName, vbNullChar)<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; 'Trim off buffered spaces too<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; If X &gt;&nbsp;0 Then<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Else<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; '' &nbsp;MsgBox (Left$(strUserName, x))<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; End If<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; End If<br />
<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;GetUserName = strUserName<br />
End Function
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 Hi,
  See the subroutine I used

 
Function GetUserName() As String
    Dim strUserName As String * 255
    strUserName = ""
    'Create a string buffer of 255 chars in length
    Dim X As Integer
    X = GetEnvironmentVariable("USERNAME", strUserName, Len(strUserName))
    If X > 0 Then        'Look for Null Character, usually included
     X = InStr(strUserName, vbNullChar)
    'Trim off buffered spaces too
        If X > 0 Then
   
         Else
            ''  MsgBox (Left$(strUserName, x))
        End If
    End If

   GetUserName = strUserName
End Function

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The username is not read as a &nbsp;proper string , it seems
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The username is not read as a  proper string , it seems

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Hi,<br />
&nbsp; For getting the windows login user name as a string , what is to be done ?<br />
&nbsp;I actually used GetEnvironmentVariable, but the value coming when compared to a string variable is not matching<br />
<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; Thanks,<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Sam
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Hi,
  For getting the windows login user name as a string , what is to be done ?
 I actually used GetEnvironmentVariable, but the value coming when compared to a string variable is not matching

    Thanks,
      Sam

Getting windows login name

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