RE: (forte-users) user name

Question

Troy Burns wrote:
It would definitely be of interest to me, since this is an item on my
"to-do" list. If you can release the code, let me know.Here 'tiz.
The files you're getting are:
SFVosC.pex - "C" wrapper.
Vos.C - The "C" callout.
Vos.H - A header file for Vos.C, used by ...
VosCLI.C - A command-line-driven mainline to test Vos.C
VosObj.CEX - An object that provides a "nice" interface to the "C" wrapper.
We use this in two ways: instantiated as a local object to get the username
under VMS or NT, or as a service object partitioned to an NT server to do
username/password authentication on behalf of clients on other operating
systems.
The following changes have been made throughout the files in an attempt to
keep various people in DuPont happy:
"our_application_root" replaces the actual name of the root directory of
the application.
"our_vms_server" replaces the actual name of the system in question.
"our_nt_server" replaces the actual name of the system in question.
"our_application_name" replaces the actual name of the application.
A copyright notice, the usual disclaimer, and a "fair use" statement (which
is just a reference to the Perl Artistic License) have been inserted.
Except for the "ExternalObjectFiles" declaration in SFVosC.pex, all the
changes appear to have been in comments. But the files come with the usual
freeware warranty (i.e. "use at your own risk".)
Have fun with these!
Tom Wyant
(See attached file: SFvosC.pex)(See attached file: Vos.c)(See attached
file: Vos.h)(See attached file: Voscli.c)(See attached file: VosObj.cex)

Answer 1

I would try going to the "lowest common denominator" between WindowsNT and
Windows95 - DOS. Both windowing OS's sort of have their roots in DOS, or at
least both are capable of opening a DOS session.
Therefore, from a DOS prompt type "set" to view the environment variables for
both OS types. Look for a common variable between the two that stores the
userID. If you can find one of these your application will be that much more
portable between these two Windows mutations.
I used "set" on my NT and found my userID assigned to a few variables. I haven't
done this on a Windows95 machine in quite some time, but if the machine is on
the network it should have at least one environment variable with the userID.
I'm just guessing that DOS has a variable to store the userID that will be
common to both machines.
Good luck....
Kelsey PetrychynSaskTel Technical Analyst
ITM - Technology Solutions - Distributed Computing
Tel (306) 777 - 4906, Fax (306) 359 - 0857
Internet:kelsey.petrychynSasktel.sk.ca
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"Olivier Andrieux" <oandrieuxaxialog.fr> on 07/19/2000 09:12:41 AM
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cc: (bcc: Kelsey Petrychyn/SaskTel/CA)
Subject: (forte-users) user name
Hi
I use this command to catch the username:
task.part.operatingsystem.getenv('username')
with NT, there is no problem
but with windows95 or 98 the command doesn't find the username.
Thanks in advance.
Olivier Andrieux
Axialog
Lille
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