Newbie Questions

Re: How to pre-populate user id

liorlankril — Mon, 14 May 2007 06:09:44 GMT

What should I write instand of Enviermanr.UserName if my form's code is simplae vbscript (no c# or VB.NET)????

Re: How to pre-populate user id

Matt Faus — Mon, 22 May 2006 21:17:00 GMT

This is actually a limitation when working with managed code.

Try this: make a button in the form that calls this code:

thisXDocument.UI.Alert( Environment.UserName );

and you will be able to see the error that InfoPath emits. We have talked about this and have not found a workaround.

Re: How to pre-populate user id

Chloe — Mon, 22 May 2006 15:38:37 GMT

I'm doing the same thing, using C# code to populate a text box with the user id. I get the user id when I preview the form, but when I publish the form to a Shrepoint form library it doesn't populate the user id. I don't get any security warnings or errors, and I'm not sure what I need to do to get it to work.

Re: How to pre-populate user id

Stephanie Cantwell — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 04:42:27 GMT

In C# and VB.net is Environment.UserName.

Re: How to pre-populate user id

gaurs — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 04:13:11 GMT

I just need the userid. Through the code, Can I use Environment.UserName or Context.User.Identity.Name?

Re: How to pre-populate user id

Stephanie Cantwell — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 23:01:28 GMT

Oh, yeah, I forgot The Active Directory Web service on our website. It is the first option mentioned by Philip in his suggestions (see above link) and I quote "1. Get the InfoPath form to query Active Directory so that it can extract the user's name based on the account name you get from Environment.UserName." As Patrick said in his reply, it will allow you to prepopulate the username without writing any code. :-)

Re: How to pre-populate user id

Patrick Halstead — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 22:06:47 GMT

Hi Gaurs,
We created the Active Directory Web service (see Downloads) to solve you problem. You have to install it on a server on you network , but it will allow you to prepopulate the username without writing any code. You can get the user's logged-in alias if you use code, but there is no way to get the actual user's name without calling Active Directory (which is what our Web service does). It's only ~$20 and it is one of our most popular downloads. If you have any questions, please see the Premium Downloads forum where there are several good posts on how to use the Web service. It also comes with instructions on how to setup and use.

Cheers!

Re: How to pre-populate user id

Stephanie Cantwell — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 16:01:27 GMT

Not sure if you can do this within the form without code. Here is a thread to get you started:
http://www.mcse.ms/archive180-2005-7-1727393.html

How to pre-populate user id

gaurs — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:30:56 GMT

I need to pre-populate the user id when he open the form. How can I do this without code?