Help! Need to get windows username into HTML form

SaTaNcLaUz · July 2nd, 2004, 02:56 PM

Ive searched and searched an cannot find a javascript or html command to get a windows users login name into a text field on a form

anyone have any ideas?

i cant use ASP for this since the form can only be .html

Thanks in advance!

dystopialives · July 2nd, 2004, 05:50 PM

Um, you could use cookies and a form of some sort...but even in asp.net I don't think such a thing exists. The harmful applications would outdo the good most likely.

SaTaNcLaUz · July 2nd, 2004, 08:56 PM

i guess i never thought of the bad things

what i'm doing is i have a web based paging system and the user is required to enter their name, i would like for them to not have to enter it every time they page someone

i guess i'll just use cookies and a javascript to prompt them for their name the first time

Onlooker · July 2nd, 2004, 09:14 PM

you might want to look into programs like winbar and sysmetrix, try to find out how they are getting the username information...i dont know...

SaTaNcLaUz · July 2nd, 2004, 10:04 PM

ive never used cookies with website before, anyone know of a good place that deals with using javascript and cookies?

Immortal55 · July 2nd, 2004, 11:39 PM

www.w3schools.com

noseBleeD · July 3rd, 2004, 12:30 AM

the folowing html can be used and the vbscript will display username.
Maybe you can fine tune it to
<HTML>
<HEAD> <TITLE>VBScript ->Getting UserName</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBScript">
Dim objNet
On Error Resume Next 'If fail to create object then display error
' (press no message)
Set objNet = CreateObject("WScript.NetWork")
If Err.Number <> 0 Then 'If err
MsgBox "Do not press ""No"" If your browser warns you."
Document.Location = "test2.html" 'Display document by placing name again
End if

Dim strInfo
strInfo = "User Name is " & objNet.UserName & vbCRLF & _
"Computer Name is " & objNet.ComputerName & vbCRLF & _
"Domain Name is " & objNet.UserDomain
MsgBox strInfo

Set objNet = Nothing 'Destroy the Object
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1 align="center">That's It</H1>
<H4 align="center">NoseBleeD@TechIMO<BR></H4>

</BODY>
</HTML>

SaTaNcLaUz · July 3rd, 2004, 01:12 AM

awesome! i'll try that tomorrow, and check w3schools

this seems so simple to do yet i'm having such a hard time with it...

damn i love this place

Scoob55k · August 1st, 2007, 04:00 PM

Hey noseBleeD,

I'm a new kid on the block, but that code worked well, but how can you get it into an HTML form? Better yet, if I wanted to send and email using the username or "alias" as my company calls it, how could I put the username in the CC: when using Outlook?

Scoob55k · August 10th, 2007, 02:04 PM

Anyone?