NetworkUserName - The user name used to establish a network connection [ All Languages » VB »  Networking] Total Hit ( 2841) Rate this article:     Poor     Excellent   Submit Your Question/Comment about this article Rating

Click here to copy the following block Private Declare Function WNetGetUser Lib "mpr.dll" Alias "WNetGetUserA" (ByVal _   lpszLocalName As String, ByVal lpszUserName As String, _   lpcchBuffer As Long) As Long ' return the current default user name or ' the user name used to establish a connection Function NetworkUserName() As String   Dim buffer As String   buffer = Space$(256)   ' if the WNetGetUser API returns 0, then   ' the user name is in buffer   If WNetGetUser(vbNullString, buffer, Len(buffer)) = 0 Then     NetworkUserName = Left$(buffer, InStr(buffer, vbNullChar) - 1)   End If End Function

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