Get user name using API

 

 

This API code will get the user name of the user. Start a new project and place a label
and command button on a form.

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Private Declare Function GetUserName Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "GetUserNameA" _
(ByVal lpBuffer As String, nSize As Long) As Long

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim getName As String
Dim nmSize As Long

getName = Space(255)
nmSize = 255

Call GetUserName(getName, nmSize - 1)
getName = RTrim(getName)

Label1 = getName
End Sub