Microsoft KB Archive/180765

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OL98: VBScript Example Returns the Current User Name

Article ID: 180765

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Outlook 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q180765

SUMMARY

This article describes how to use Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) with Microsoft Outlook 98 to return the current user's name.

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The following example uses a message form, one command button, and a message box to return the current user's name.

Creating the Form and CommandButton Control

1. From the Inbox, point to New on the File menu, and then click Mail Message.
2. On the message form Tools menu, point to Forms, and click "Design This Form" to enter the form design mode.
3. Click the form's (P.2) tab, and on the Form menu, click "Display This Page."
4. On the Form menu, click "Control Toolbox." Drag the CommandButton to the form.

Creating the VBScript to Return the User Name

1. On the Form menu, click "View Code" to open the Script Editor.
   
   NOTE: In the following sample code, an underscore (_) at the end of a line is used as a line-continuation character. Remove the underscore from the end of the line when re-creating this code in VBScript.

2. Type the following code into the editor window:

         ' Sub routine that runs when you click CommandButton1.
         Sub CommandButton1_Click()
            ' Message box that returns the current user's name.
            MsgBox "The current user is " & _
               Application.GetNameSpace("MAPI").CurrentUser
         End Sub
                           

3. On the Script Editor's File menu, click Close.
4. On the form's Form menu, click "Run This Form" to exit the form design mode.

If you click CommandButton1, you will see a message box that contains the current user's name.

REFERENCES

For more information about creating solutions with Microsoft Outlook 98, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

180826 OL98: Resources for Custom Forms and Programming

182349 OL98: Questions About Custom Forms and Outlook Solutions

Additional query words: OutSol OutSol98

Keywords: kbhowto kbprogramming KB180765

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