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SystemInformation contains forms-relevant information, but I also see other,
totally unrelated stuff like UserDomainName and UserName. Isn't it rather
poor design to require projects to include a reference to Windows.Forms.dll
just to get this information? Perhaps there is another area I can get login
and domain info without resorting to API calls?

Paul
Nov 21 '05 #1
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SystemInformation contains forms-relevant information, but I also see other,
totally unrelated stuff like UserDomainName and UserName. Isn't it rather
poor design to require projects to include a reference to Windows.Forms.dll
just to get this information? Perhaps there is another area I can get login
and domain info without resorting to API calls?

The System.Environment class.

Mattias

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Nov 21 '05 #2
"Paul" <no***@executespammers.org> schrieb:
SystemInformation contains forms-relevant information, but I also see
other,
totally unrelated stuff like UserDomainName and UserName. Isn't it rather
poor design to require projects to include a reference to
Windows.Forms.dll
just to get this information? Perhaps there is another area I can get
login
and domain info without resorting to API calls?


Information about the user can be obtained using the 'Environment' class
too, which is not part of the Windows Forms assembly.

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Nov 21 '05 #3
Thank you both. I knew there had to be another place to look!
Nov 21 '05 #4

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