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nimazz
nimazz
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June 29, 2011
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How to get the windows username in jsx

  • June 29, 2011
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Hello,

I have a JSX script in "My Documents\Adobe Scripts" to make it trusted script. I have another text file I need to read from JSX. Since the location depends on logged in user, I need to find the windows username. If anyone know how to get the windows username from jsx please reply.

Thank you very much.

Regards

Nima.

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Correct answer tomaxxi

Hey,

You can get username like this:

var myUsername = $.getenv('username');

You could also get My Documents folder like this:

var myDocFolder = Folder.myDocuments;

Hope that helps.

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Marijan (tomaxxi)

http://tomaxxi.com/

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tomaxxi
tomaxxiCorrect answer
Inspiring
June 29, 2011

Hey,

You can get username like this:

var myUsername = $.getenv('username');

You could also get My Documents folder like this:

var myDocFolder = Folder.myDocuments;

Hope that helps.

--

Marijan (tomaxxi)

http://tomaxxi.com/

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pkrk
Inspiring
July 13, 2011

How about the username on a Mac?

கற_பன___Imagine_
கற_பன___Imagine_
Inspiring
November 11, 2011

Well, which system name? There are a few different ones. I'd use

app.doScript('do shell script "hostname"', ScriptLanguage.APPLESCRIPT_LANGUAGE);

But you can also do tricks in the filesystem with resolving : paths...


Thank you so much,

I've used the file system tricks for getting the exact results.

if (File.fs == "Windows" ) {

    var myUserName  = $.getenv('username');

    var mySysName  = $.getenv('computername');

    }

else if (File.fs == "Macintosh") {

           var myUserName  = $.getenv('USER');

           var mySysName  = app.doScript('do shell script "hostname"', ScriptLanguage.APPLESCRIPT_LANGUAGE);

    }

Thanks once again........

nimazz
nimazzAuthor
Participant
June 29, 2011

Hello,

I found the answer .

alert ($.getenv("USERNAME"));

this works fine.

Regards

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