IVSSDatabase.Username Property 

Gets a string representing a name of the user currently logged on to a SourceSafe database.

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.SourceSafe.Interop
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.SourceSafe.Interop (in microsoft.visualstudio.sourcesafe.interop.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Username As String
'Usage
Dim instance As IVSSDatabase
Dim value As String

value = instance.Username

string Username { get; }

property String^ Username {
    String^ get ();
}

/** @property */
String get_Username ()

function get Username () : String

Property Value

A string representing a name of the user currently logged on to a SourceSafe database.

Remarks

[IDL]

HRESULT UserName ([out,retval]BSTR *pUsername);

Example

The following example demonstrates how to use the Username property to display the name of the user currently logged on to the SourceSafe database.

[C#]

using System;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.SourceSafe.Interop;

public class IVSSTest
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        // Create a VSSDatabase object.
        IVSSDatabase vssDatabase = new VSSDatabase();

        // Open a VSS database using network name 
        // for automatic user login.
        vssDatabase.Open(@"C:\VSSTestDB\srcsafe.ini", 
                         Environment.UserName, ""); 
 
        // Display user name
        Console.WriteLine("User Name: " + vssDatabase.Username);
    }
}

Output:

User Name: Guest1

[Visual Basic]

Imports System
Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.SourceSafe.Interop

Module IVSSTest

    Public Sub Main()

        ' Create a VSSDatabase object.
        Dim vssDatabase = New VSSDatabase

        ' Open a VSS database using automatic login for security.
        vssDatabase.Open("C:\VSSTestDB\srcsafe.ini", Environment.UserName, "")

        'Display user name
        Console.WriteLine("User Name: " + vssDatabase.Username)

    End Sub

End Module

Output:

User Name: Guest1

See Also

Reference

IVSSDatabase Interface
IVSSDatabase Members
Microsoft.VisualStudio.SourceSafe.Interop Namespace