VBA Retrieve the name of the user associated with logged username
I found the API answer complex as well in addition to needing recoding from a form to module
The function below comes courtesy of Rob Sampson from this Experts-Exchange post. It is a flexible function, see code comments for details. Please note it was a vbscript so the variables are not dimensioned
Sub Test()
strUser = InputBox("Please enter a username:")
struserdn = Get_LDAP_User_Properties("user", "samAccountName", strUser, "displayName")
If Len(struserdn) <> 0 Then
MsgBox struserdn
Else
MsgBox "No record of " & strUser
End If
End Sub
Function Get_LDAP_User_Properties(strObjectType, strSearchField, strObjectToGet, strCommaDelimProps)
' This is a custom function that connects to the Active Directory, and returns the specific
' Active Directory attribute value, of a specific Object.
' strObjectType: usually "User" or "Computer"
' strSearchField: the field by which to seach the AD by. This acts like an SQL Query's WHERE clause.
' It filters the results by the value of strObjectToGet
' strObjectToGet: the value by which the results are filtered by, according the strSearchField.
' For example, if you are searching based on the user account name, strSearchField
' would be "samAccountName", and strObjectToGet would be that speicific account name,
' such as "jsmith". This equates to "WHERE 'samAccountName' = 'jsmith'"
' strCommaDelimProps: the field from the object to actually return. For example, if you wanted
' the home folder path, as defined by the AD, for a specific user, this would be
' "homeDirectory". If you want to return the ADsPath so that you can bind to that
' user and get your own parameters from them, then use "ADsPath" as a return string,
' then bind to the user: Set objUser = GetObject("LDAP://" & strReturnADsPath)
' Now we're checking if the user account passed may have a domain already specified,
' in which case we connect to that domain in AD, instead of the default one.
If InStr(strObjectToGet, "\") > 0 Then
arrGroupBits = Split(strObjectToGet, "\")
strDC = arrGroupBits(0)
strDNSDomain = strDC & "/" & "DC=" & Replace(Mid(strDC, InStr(strDC, ".") + 1), ".", ",DC=")
strObjectToGet = arrGroupBits(1)
Else
' Otherwise we just connect to the default domain
Set objRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE")
strDNSDomain = objRootDSE.Get("defaultNamingContext")
End If
strBase = "<LDAP://" & strDNSDomain & ">"
' Setup ADO objects.
Set adoCommand = CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
Set ADOConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
ADOConnection.Provider = "ADsDSOObject"
ADOConnection.Open "Active Directory Provider"
adoCommand.ActiveConnection = ADOConnection
' Filter on user objects.
'strFilter = "(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user))"
strFilter = "(&(objectClass=" & strObjectType & ")(" & strSearchField & "=" & strObjectToGet & "))"
' Comma delimited list of attribute values to retrieve.
strAttributes = strCommaDelimProps
arrProperties = Split(strCommaDelimProps, ",")
' Construct the LDAP syntax query.
strQuery = strBase & ";" & strFilter & ";" & strAttributes & ";subtree"
adoCommand.CommandText = strQuery
' Define the maximum records to return
adoCommand.Properties("Page Size") = 100
adoCommand.Properties("Timeout") = 30
adoCommand.Properties("Cache Results") = False
' Run the query.
Set adoRecordset = adoCommand.Execute
' Enumerate the resulting recordset.
strReturnVal = ""
Do Until adoRecordset.EOF
' Retrieve values and display.
For intCount = LBound(arrProperties) To UBound(arrProperties)
If strReturnVal = "" Then
strReturnVal = adoRecordset.Fields(intCount).Value
Else
strReturnVal = strReturnVal & vbCrLf & adoRecordset.Fields(intCount).Value
End If
Next
' Move to the next record in the recordset.
adoRecordset.MoveNext
Loop
' Clean up.
adoRecordset.Close
ADOConnection.Close
Get_LDAP_User_Properties = strReturnVal
End Function
Even if this thread is rather old, other users might be still googling around (like me). I found an excellent short solution that worked for me out-of-the-box (thanks to Mr.Excel.com). I changed it because I needed it to return a string with the user's full name. The original post is here.
EDIT: Well, I fixed a mistake, "End Sub" instead of "End Function" and added a variable declaration statement, just in case. I tested it in Excel 2010 and 2013 versions. Worked fine on my home pc too (no domain, just in a workgroup).
' This function returns the full name of the currently logged-in user
Function GetUserFullName() as String
Dim WSHnet, UserName, UserDomain, objUser
Set WSHnet = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
UserName = WSHnet.UserName
UserDomain = WSHnet.UserDomain
Set objUser = GetObject("WinNT://" & UserDomain & "/" & UserName & ",user")
GetUserFullName = objUser.FullName
End Function