keeping track of user in a Windows App

[LLM]

I know in ASP.NET, I can use the User.Identity to keep track of the logged in user. How can I accomplish the same task with a windows app short of passing the id to each form.

Thank you in advance!

[deviparimala]

Try this

Imports System.Security.Principal

Dim CurIdentity As WindowsIdentity
CurIdentity = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent()
login_name = CurIdentity.Name

[LLM]

I want to pull it from a login window and the database. Some may not be on a domain or have a user name to track. But if I log them in via a form and comparing against the database, how can I store that user ID and the fact that they are logged in?

[LLM]

Try this

Imports System.Security.Principal

Dim CurIdentity As WindowsIdentity
CurIdentity = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent()
login_name = CurIdentity.Name

To be more explicit, I want to know if I can store their user ID in a way that I can get to it from every form? I need to store their userid every time something is written to the database on every form.

Do I have to pass it to each form or is there a way I can store it for the entire app and retrieve it from anywhere?