Problem with applet.getUserName() to fetch currently logged userid

Question

Hi,
I am using applet.getPropertyValue("IllumLoginName") to fetch the currently logged in user. But in some places there is already an MII function used applet.getUserName() to fetch current logged in UserID. But the problem is when a user logs in the MII with a UserID : USERA and does some operation and logsoff and he logs in as a new user with ID : USERB, but MII fetches the USERA instead of USERB. After some investigations we found that it is because we are using getUserName() function of applet which is fetching the previously logged in userid.
Please let me know what is the differece between these 2 functions.
Browser : IE7+
MII Version : 11.5
Java version: 1.5.0_06
Thanks in Advance,
Raj.

Answer 1

As you have found the .getUserName is only good for the initial user, so you must use the .getPropertyValue approach.
The applets only 'log themselves in' once, so the getPropertyValue is the true check for the UME session user.
You could also use this approach in an irpt page and request it with javascript as well:
<input type="hidden" id="WhoDat" value="{IllumLoginName}">
Regards,
Jeremy