I'm looking to get the username from the current geodatabase connection so that I can stamp modifications to features with the current time and username.
Does anyone know what interface I would be able to use in an Add-In to get this information?
You may have more that one connection in your map for different layers. Find the layer you want, get its featureclass, from that get its workspace (from Idataset), cast workspace to IDatabaseConnectionInfo2.
As an alternative approach in addition to the suggestions already made, have you thought about returning the user account from the Windows Authentication (WindowsIdentity)?
I use this in ALL of my ArcGIS applications because it's great to be able to throw around that user credential in many different components (for db logon, CrystalReporting, etc...). Anyway, below is a bit of code sampe that you might be able to use.
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.Security.Principal
Imports System
Public Class Form1
Private m_User As String
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
Dim logonToken As IntPtr = LogonUser()
m_User = GetUserName(logonToken)
'Now you can use the m_User in your app for reporting/doing stuff with the current user that is
'logged into with Windows Authentication
End Sub
Private Function LogonUser() As IntPtr
Dim accountToken As IntPtr = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Token
Return accountToken
End Function
Function GetUserName(ByVal logonToken As IntPtr) As String
Dim windowsIdentity As New WindowsIdentity(logonToken)
Dim parts() As String = Split(windowsIdentity.Name, "\")
Dim username As String = parts(1)
Return username
End Function
As an alternative approach in addition to the suggestions already made, have you thought about returning the user account from the Windows Authentication (WindowsIdentity)?
I use this in ALL of my ArcGIS applications because it's great to be able to throw around that user credential in many different components (for db logon, CrystalReporting, etc...). Anyway, below is a bit of code sampe that you might be able to use.
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.Security.Principal
Imports System
Public Class Form1
Private m_User As String
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
Dim logonToken As IntPtr = LogonUser()
m_User = GetUserName(logonToken)
'Now you can use the m_User in your app for reporting/doing stuff with the current user that is
'logged into with Windows Authentication
End Sub
Private Function LogonUser() As IntPtr
Dim accountToken As IntPtr = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Token
Return accountToken
End Function
Function GetUserName(ByVal logonToken As IntPtr) As String
Dim windowsIdentity As New WindowsIdentity(logonToken)
Dim parts() As String = Split(windowsIdentity.Name, "\")
Dim username As String = parts(1)
Return username
End Function
An easier way to do this in .NET is System.Environment.UserName.
