Get full name of user

[Chris Clement]

I am trying to get the full name of a user not logged into a network on
Windows 2000/XP. I know how to get the user name (cclement), but how do I
get the full display name (Chris Clement) as it is displayed in the start
menu in Windows XP?

Any help is appreciated.

Chris

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Chris,

You can call the GetUserNameEx API function through the P/Invoke layer
to get the display name. For the NameFormat parameter, you can pass the
value of NameDisplay from the EXTENDED_NAME_FORMAT enumeration (it has a
value of 3).

Hope this helps.

 

[Chris Clement]

Thanks for the reply, Nicholas. Do you know of any resource that can show
me how to use APIs like this in a c# program. Or could you give me an
example of its usage. thanks again.

Chris

Chris,

You can call the GetUserNameEx API function through the P/Invoke layer
to get the display name. For the NameFormat parameter, you can pass the
value of NameDisplay from the EXTENDED_NAME_FORMAT enumeration (it has a
value of 3).

Hope this helps.


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- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
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I am trying to get the full name of a user not logged into a network on
Windows 2000/XP. I know how to get the user name (cclement), but how do I
get the full display name (Chris Clement) as it is displayed in the start
menu in Windows XP?

Any help is appreciated.

Chris