Getting Windows Username In A Page

Question

Hello,
I am currently developing an application that requires to know the Windows username, these are generic and will be used as a terminal. I was wondering if it is possible to get this information? I know I can use javascript and a active x control but I don't really want to go down that route.
Our technology stack is:
Apex 4.2.2.00.11
Apex Listener 2
Oracle 10g, 10.2.0.4.0
Thanks,
Paul.

Answer 1

Here's a barebones script that you can call from a script in your form to retrieve the login name of the user:
// Folder-level JavaScript function
var getLoginName = app.trustedFunction(
    function () {
        // Get and return the user's login name
        app.beginPriv();
        return identity.loginName;
        app.EndPriv();
This needs to be included in a JavaScript file that's installed in the correct location. It's just a text file, so you can create/edit it with a text editor, but make sure the extension is ".js". For more information about how to determine where to place the file, see: http://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/folder_level_scripts
More information on all of this is in the Acrobat JavaScript reference: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.html
To populate a text field with the login name, do something like:
// Populate field with loginName
getField("text1").value = getLoginName();
Change "text1" with the actual name of the field in your form. You can place this code in a document-level JavaScript so it executes when the form is opened.
Note that all of this code is the bare minimum, and you may want to expand it to check for errors, etc.