Gets the user's Windows logon name.
Namespace:
System.Security.Principal
Assembly:
mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
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 ();
}
public function get Name () : String
Property Value
Type:
System..::.StringThe Windows logon name of the user on whose behalf the code is being run.
Implements
IIdentity..::.Name
The logon name is in the form DOMAIN\USERNAME.
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 );
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
Reference