Goodbye WhoAmI! Hello userName()

re: Goodbye WhoAmI! Hello userName()

infopath — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 07:19:02 GMT

Kudos to David Gerhardt for covering a scenario around userName in-depth in his blog article: http://blogs.3sharp.com/Blog/davidg/archive/2006/11/14/2380.aspx

- Alex

re: Goodbye WhoAmI! Hello userName()

sayangh — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:12:02 GMT

I have my Infopath 2007 form published to a Sharepoint server and it has been granted domain trust, but still a text-box with default value userName() shows up blank. Am I doing anything wrong?

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Wosiu — Tue, 22 May 2007 17:24:15 GMT

I have my InfoPath 2007 form published to a Sharepoint server with FULL TRUST and keep getting 'system' returned by userName() function. Is there any way to overcome that?

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Aziz — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:44:55 GMT

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vishwaswamy — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:23:06 GMT

I am trying to develop an application using infopath 2003.

but i cant find the above Username() field in my insert function box, is the any other pre-settings to be done?

re: Goodbye WhoAmI! Hello userName()

infopath — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:49:18 GMT

Hi vishwaswamy,

As per the information at the beginning of this post, the "userName()" function is new to InfoPath 2007 - as such, you will not find this in InfoPath 2003.

Now, if you stated you were using InfoPath "2003" in error, then this function is available in the UI. Here is a sample for finding the function:

- Add a button to your View

- Add a Rule to the Button

- Add an Action to the Rule as follows:

- Action: Set a field'a value

- Field: Select the field where you want to set the user

- Value: Click the "fx" button

- Click Insert Function

- Select "All" in the Categories list

- Scroll to the bottom of the Functions list and you will see "userName"

Scott

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john@thibeaux.com — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:13:25 GMT

I have a question about using this function. It works find when the form loads. I however am trying to get the function to recalculate after the same form is opened again later. How does this work? Pease point me in the right direction. Thanks.

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cgk — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:00:16 GMT

Hi everyone!

I am having what seems to be the same issue that by john@thibeaux.com posts about and I am wondering if anyone has a solution.

More specifically, I am trying to get the userName()

function to recalculate after the same form is opened by another person. The reason this is important in this effort is that we want to use the response to determine user role so that we can do dynamic view switching in InfoPath.

Even more specifically - This InfoPath form is expected to be opened, filled out, or later edited using a browser through SharePoint 2007 form Services.

Any responses would be appreciated. TIA

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firouz — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:44:29 GMT

I have a problem in this case. I have Used This method but I want that every time someone open the form, it get the new username dynamically. but the form always save the first username it has got. help me please

re: Goodbye WhoAmI! Hello userName()

infopath — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:43:08 GMT

Hi firouz,

When using the "userName" function in the default value property as described here, this only changes (i.e. sets the property) when it is blank. If you need to get the user name each time the form is opened, you will need to do these steps:

1) Remove the "userName" function from the default value property of your text box control

2) From the Tools menu choose Form Options

- Select the Open and Save category

- Click the Rules button

- Click Add

- Click Add Action

- From the "Action" dropdown box choose "Set a field's value"

- Click the button next to the "Field" box and select the data source node where you previously had the "userName" function set as the default value

- Click the "fx" button next to Value, click Insert Function and insert the "userName" function

What this will now do is fire the "userName" function and set your node each time the form is opened.

Scott

re: Goodbye WhoAmI! Hello userName()

Nick H — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:26:26 GMT

Goodbye userName()! Hello WhoAmI? *cry*

The link at the top of the blog to the WhoAmI web service (tutorial I assume?) is dead.

Instead of installing Infopath 2007 on everyone's computers just to allow me to use the userName() function, I wanted to look into using the WhoAmI codeless method for Infopath 2003 (which everyone has installed). The problem is I cant find any good tutorials as to how to set it up.

Any links or help is much apprieciated.

re: Goodbye WhoAmI! Hello userName()

infopath — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:44:02 GMT

Hi Nick,

Take a look at this MSDN article as it has the "WhoAmI" web service in there...it's pretty easy to setup:

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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms996415.aspx

Scott

re: Goodbye WhoAmI! Hello userName()

Nick H — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:42:49 GMT

Thank you Scott I''ll give it a shot.

Nick