Visual Basic Core Snippet Routines
WNetGetUser
          
                 
   Retrieves the current default user name, or the user name used to establish a network connection.      
           Updated:   Monday December 26, 2011   
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   Applies to:   VB4-32, VB5, VB6   
OS restrictions:   None  
 Code Snippet
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Private Const NERR_SUCCESS As Long = 0

Private Declare Function WNetGetUser Lib "Mpr" _
   Alias "WNetGetUserA" _
  (ByVal lpName As String, _
   ByVal lpUserName As String, _
   lpnLength As Long) As Long
      
Private Declare Function lstrlenW Lib "kernel32" _
  (ByVal lpString As Long) As Long
   
Private Function GetNetworkUserName() As String

  'Retrieves the current default user name,
  'or the user name used to establish a
  'network connection.
   Dim buff As String
   Dim nSize As Long
   
   buff = Space$(MAX_PATH)
   nSize = Len(buff)
   
  'get the user name of the current machine
  'logged on to network by passing vbNullString
  'as lpName
   If WNetGetUser(vbNullString, buff, nSize) = 0 Then
    
     'Call succeeded. This does not necessarily
     'mean however that the user has logged on
     'to the network, as WNetGetUser should
     'return the current user's Windows name
     'even if not logged on.
      GetNetworkUserName = TrimNull(buff)
        
    End If

End Function


Private Function TrimNull(startstr As String) As String

   TrimNull = Left$(startstr, lstrlenW(StrPtr(startstr)))
   
End Function

 Calling Syntax
   sUsername = GetCurrentUserName()

 Comments / Related
demo in use:    
Related:   GetUserName
NetUserGetInfo: Enumerate the User List and Obtain User Info  

 
 

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