Windows User name to Gcode

[Greg Williams]

Hi All,

 

Is it possible to have the current windows logon user name output to the Gcode?

[Chris McIntosh]

I would think a script would be the only way...

[Greg Williams]

Ah not so simple eh. Oh well I will have to think of something else. Thanks for your help Chris.

[Colin Gilchrist]

In X7, we have a new function to get this information.

 

str1 = sysinfo(*val1, val2)

 

val1 = return 0 on failure, 1 if success

val2 = option for function (mode)

str1 = return string based on val2

Option 0 = NameUnknown - An unknown name type, really

 

Option 1 = NameFullyQualifiedDN - The fully-qualified distinguished name (for example, CN=Jeff Smith,OU=Users,DC=Engineering,DC=Microsoft,DC=Com)

 

Option 2 = NameSamCompatible - A legacy account name (for example, Engineering\JSmith). The domain-only version includes trailing backslashes (\\)

 

Option 3 = NameDisplay - A "friendly" display name (for example, Jeff Smith). The display name is not necessarily the defining relative distinguished name (RDN)

 

Option 4 = NameUniqueId - A GUID string that the IIDFromString function returns (for example, {4fa050f0-f561-11cf-bdd9-00aa003a77b6})

 

Option 5 = NameCanonical - The complete canonical name (for example, engineering.microsoft.com/software/someone). The domain-only version includes a trailing forward slash (/)

 

Option 6 = NameUserPrincipal - The user principal name (for example, [email protected])

 

Option 7 = NameCanonicalEx - The same as NameCanonical except that the rightmost forward slash (/) is replaced with a new line character (\n), even in a domain-only case (for example, engineering.microsoft.com/software\nJSmith)

 

Option 8 = NameServicePrincipal - The generalized service principal name (for example, www/[email protected])

 

Option 9 = NameDnsDomain - The DNS domain name followed by a backward-slash and the SAM user name

 

 

You probably want to use '3' for 'val2'. This is the 'Friendly' name.

 

I started by creating a new string variable:

 

susername : ""

 

Then I used it in a function:

 

susername = sysinfo(result, 3)

 

This gave me the string: 'Colin M. Gilchrist' for output.

 

(Note that 'result' is a common 'user-defined' variable that is used as a return variable for functions. You need to be sure 'result' is already initialized, or use a different variable for the return.)

[Chris McIntosh]

Hooray for X7!

[Colin Gilchrist]

Yes, there are some other new functions for MP posts that are really nice as well. The MP Documentation Portfolio will have some updates, and we'll also highlight some of these new functions in future Tech Talkin' articles...

[Chris McIntosh]

I've seen a couple already and have rejoiced...

 

Thanks Colin!

[Greg Williams]

Oh Hello now we are talking. Thanks Guys

[Colin Gilchrist]

You are welcome Greg. I'm glad we have this new function. I had to go to great lengths previously to get a solution, and this makes it super simple.