Access Client Side Environmental Variables

[Steven]

I have an asp.net application written in VB.net. I want to access a client
side environment variable. For instance, we set an environment variable for
the UserName.

So, I write the code for retrieving the UserName. Instead of getting my
name, I get the name under which the IIS service must be running.... ASPNET.
Is there a way to get the client side environmental variable?

Thanks,

Steven

[Kevin Spencer]

Sure. Write a client-side ActiveX control that runs under the System account
on the client. Of course, getting the user to permit that ActiveX Control on
their machine could be tricky, but that's what security is all about.

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
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I have an asp.net application written in VB.net. I want to access a client
side environment variable. For instance, we set an environment variable
for
the UserName.

So, I write the code for retrieving the UserName. Instead of getting my
name, I get the name under which the IIS service must be running....
ASPNET.
Is there a way to get the client side environmental variable?

Thanks,

Steven

[Elton Wang]

Hi Steven,

Maybe followings are what you need:

User.Identity.Name: user name (need to deny anonymous
access)
Request.UserAgent: the raw user agent string of the client
browser
Request.UserHostAddress: the IP host address of the remote
client
Request.UserHostName: the DNS name of the remote client

HTH,

Elton Wang
el********@hotmail.com

-----Original Message-----
I have an asp.net application written in VB.net. I want to access a clientside environment variable. For instance, we set an environment variable forthe UserName.

So, I write the code for retrieving the UserName. Instead of getting myname, I get the name under which the IIS service must be running.... ASPNET.Is there a way to get the client side environmental variable?
Thanks,

Steven
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