InfoPath Dev

If you are using InfoPAth 2003:

var wshShell = new ActiveXObject("Wscript.Shell");
var wshEnv = wshShell.Environment("Process");
var username = wshEnv.Item("UserName");

If you are using InfoPath 2007, the user name is built in. For example:

* Insert a text box.
* Right-click the text box and choose properties.
* Click the Default Value function button
* Click Insert Fucntion
* Select the "All" category, and then scroll down and select the "userName" function.
* Click OK 3 times.

This worked great for Infopath 2003...thank you very much.   Now I would like to take the user ID and get User Name.  Looking into options.

User name is available to full trust forms. Otherwise, you will need to use a Web service to accomplish this.

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I am using InfoPath 2003 and have the following code to get user id. 

var wshShell = new ActiveXObject("Wscript.Shell");
var wshEnv = wshShell.Environment("Process");
var username = wshEnv.Item("UserName");

 But I get a popup that reads...

An ActiveX control on the page might be unsafe to interact with the other parts of the page.  Do you want to allow this interaction?

Do you know how I can eliminate this popup?  I have updated my Security Custom Level on IE to enable ActiveX controls.

Unfortunately, without a Web service, user information is a security issue. In managed code you can get the user alias without seucirty issues, and that's it. A Web service is needed if you want to get more detailed information.

Hi all, for getting the user ID in IP2003 I am using the following code:

var wshShell = new ActiveXObject("Wscript.Shell");

 var wshEnv = wshShell.Environment("Process");

 var username = wshEnv.Item("UserName");

 var name = XDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/my:myFields/my:name");

 name.text = username;

when I am designing the form, this method works perfectly with "preview". But after I save the form, or publish ot sharepoint it doesn't work. I have put the code inside On Load event, so that everytime the user opens he form, it records it user ID. I have read the forums here and I couldnt find any answer except this code or the Web Service you proposed. Can you give some answers or to direct me to a solution using Jscript ?

Thank you in advance

Svetoslav

Hi,

Were you able to get this to work? I'm experiencing similar issue? The method works perfectly with "preview" but not when form is published. Please help.

Thanks,

Stara