Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: SystemInfo.UserName

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SystemInfo.UserName

Returns the user name.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
SystemInfo	1.5	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No

MBS( "SystemInfo.UserName" ) More

Parameters

none

Result

Returns text with user name.

Description

Returns the user name.
This is not effected by the FileMaker Preferences' "other" setting. This is the actual user name.
For FileMaker Server the name is the name of the account the server operates in. This could be always "System" or "fmserver".

Examples

Shows user name:

Show Custom Dialog [MBS( "SystemInfo.UserName" ) & ¶ & MBS( "SystemInfo.UserShortName" )]

Blog Entries

FileMaker Magazin

Ausgabe 6/2019, Seite 33

Release notes

Version 8.5
- Fixed SystemInfo.UserName for Windows.
Version 8.0
- Fixed SystemInfo.UserName for Linux. Returns usually fmserver.

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 28th November 2020

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