Is there a "User Name" that can be obtained and put into a LC script

Roger Eller roger.e.eller at sealedair.com
Tue Jul 10 07:04:45 EDT 2012


On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 1:38 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote:

> On 7/9/12 7:11 PM, Mark Rauterkus wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> A while ago, Mark Schonewille offered this great advice:
>>
>> Try $USER on Mac and $USERNAME on Windows. Both are global variables.
>>
>> Does this work on Android or iOS?
>>
>
> On both iOS and Android, the globalnames returns:
>
>  $#
>
> I.e., no useful globals at all that I can see.
>
> --
> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com


I would like RunRev to have $USER, $USERNAME, and/or $LOGNAME all return
the name of the "device owner" for mobile (since they are not currently
running a multi-user os).  I'll re-post to the Dev list so maybe they will
see it.

~Roger



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