I would use a lineoffset with "USERNAME=" as opposed to a repeat loop, but as 
another post pointed out $username is much better. 

Bob


On May 17, 2010, at 7:05 AM, Malte Pfaff-Brill wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I am using this under Vista to identify the currently logged in user:
> 
> function getUserName
>  local tUser
>  set the hideconsolewindows to true
>  put shell("set user") into tUser
>  set the itemDel to "="
>  repeat for each line theLine in tUser
>     if item 1 of theLine="USERNAME" then
>        return item 2 to -1 of theLine
>     end if
>  end repeat
>  return tUser
> end getUserName
> 
> Is there a simpler way? Can anyone test if this works under XP and / or WIn 
> 7, even when not logged in with admin rights?
> 
> All the best,
> 
> malte
> 
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