Gets the user's Windows logon name.
Namespace: System.Security.Principal
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property Name As String
Dim instance As WindowsIdentity
Dim value As String
value = instance.Name
public virtual string Name { get; }
public:
virtual property String^ Name {
String^ get ();
}
/** @property */
public String get_Name ()
public function get Name () : String
Property Value
The Windows logon name of the user on whose behalf the code is being run.
Remarks
The logon name is in the form DOMAIN\USERNAME.
Example
The following code shows the use of the IsSystem property to get the user's Windows logon name. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the WindowsIdentity class.
propertyDescription += windowsIdentity.Name
propertyDescription += windowsIdentity.Name;
propertyDescription = String::Concat( propertyDescription, windowsIdentity->Name );
propertyDescription += windowsIdentity.get_Name();
Platforms
Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see System Requirements.
Version Information
.NET Framework
Supported in: 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
See Also