I have a simple HTML page internally which just displays a form and asks the user to fill it out. I want to automatically capture the windows domain username and machine name to submit it together with the data collected in the form.
Can I do that on the client side? HTML? JavaScript? Or am I forced to do it on the server side (which I don't know how to do... yet)
Users have XP and 7 machines and IE7,8.
BTW, I found this article but I have to confess I don't know where in the page you would enter that "code".
Here's the code I'm using that is not working. It calls the JavaScript function, and displays "Username=" and in the next line "Done.", but doesn't display the username.
And if using Chrome, it displays <%HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name%>.
<html lang="en">
<head>
<script>
function get_user_Name() {
var username = '<%HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name%>';
document.write("Username=");
document.write(username);
document.write(" <br> Done.");
}
</script>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>Training and Development Site</title>
<link href="~/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" />
</head>
<body>
<a href="add-number-to-dnc.html">Add Phone Number to Dialer Do Not Call list</a>
<br><br>
<button type="button" onclick="get_user_Name()">Display User Name</button>
</body>
</html>
Also - I'm using WebMatrix / IIS7 Express
I have a simple HTML page internally which just displays a form and asks the user to fill it out. I want to automatically capture the windows domain username and machine name to submit it together with the data collected in the form.
Can I do that on the client side? HTML? JavaScript? Or am I forced to do it on the server side (which I don't know how to do... yet)
Users have XP and 7 machines and IE7,8.
BTW, I found this article but I have to confess I don't know where in the page you would enter that "code".
Here's the code I'm using that is not working. It calls the JavaScript function, and displays "Username=" and in the next line "Done.", but doesn't display the username.
And if using Chrome, it displays <%HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name%>.
<html lang="en">
<head>
<script>
function get_user_Name() {
var username = '<%HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name%>';
document.write("Username=");
document.write(username);
document.write(" <br> Done.");
}
</script>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>Training and Development Site</title>
<link href="~/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" />
</head>
<body>
<a href="add-number-to-dnc.html">Add Phone Number to Dialer Do Not Call list</a>
<br><br>
<button type="button" onclick="get_user_Name()">Display User Name</button>
</body>
</html>
Also - I'm using WebMatrix / IIS7 Express
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This is old but in case someone es here:
<%HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name%>is syntax that is evaluated on the server before the page is rendered. Obviously, this will only work if you are running in . – Charles Driver Jr. Commented Oct 17, 2017 at 12:53
2 Answers
Reset to default 1Using only javascript on a none IIS server then it isn't possible.
However:
If you are using IIS then you can use the following JS:
<script language="javascript">
var username = '<%HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name %>';
</script>
Assuming you have turned Windows Authentication on in IIS for your site, then C# side:
C#
public string user_Name
{
get
{
string x = Page.User.Identity.Name;
x = x.Replace("YOURDOMAIN\\", "");
return x;
}
}
The x = x.Replace("DOMAIN\\", ""); strips out the DOMAIN sectionof the user acccount e.g NISSAN\rmcdonough
capturing the windows domain username and machine name, I think we can't