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vbscript to get the full name of the current user
After more research I discovered this is easier than I thought all you need is the following command: dsquery user domainroot -samid %USERNAME% You can run it from a batch file and it will return the current users first, last name and middle initial which is what I was looking for. I would still... -
vbscript to get the full name of the current user
Thanks for the reply. The original error "Object required" was on line 16: oCommand.CommandText = "<LDAP://" & domain & _ ">;(&(objectCategory=User)(UserName=" & userName & "));name;subtree" When I substitute the line you suggested: oCommand.CommandText = "<LDAP://" & domain & _... -
vbscript to get the full name of the current user
I am trying to get the full name of the current user. So far I have been able to figure out how to talk to the Active Directory server and how to get the current users login name, but I am not sure how to query the Active Directory for the users full name. Can anyone help me out? Here is my code...
