ACC2000: How to Place the User Logon Name in a Control on a Form or in the Title Bar of the Microsoft Access Window

This article shows you how to display the current user name in a control on a form or in the title bar of the Microsoft Access window.

You can use the Microsoft Access security features to control user access to different objects in your database. Then you can use the CurrentUser() function to get the name of the user who is currently logged in.

Displaying the User Name in a Control on a Form

To display a user name in a control on a form, follow these steps:

1. Create a form, and then add an unbound text box control to the form.
2. Set the ControlSource property to =CurrentUser().
3. On the View menu, click Form View to see the current user name displayed in the control.

Displaying the User Name in the Title Bar

NOTE: The sample code in this article uses Microsoft Data Access Objects. For this code to run properly, you must reference the Microsoft DAO 3.6 Object Library. To do so, click References on the Tools menu in the Visual Basic Editor, and make sure that the Microsoft DAO 3.6 Object Library check box is selected.

To display a user name in the title bar of the Microsoft Access window, follow these steps:

1. Create a new module.
2. Type or paste the following code into the new module:
   

   Function ChangeTitle()
      Dim dbs As DAO.DATABASE 
      Dim prp As DAO.Property
      Const conPropNotFoundError = 3270
   
      On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
      ' Return Database variable pointing to current database.
      Set dbs = CurrentDb
      ' Change title bar.
      dbs.Properties!AppTitle = "User = " & CurrentUser
      ' Update title bar on screen.
      Application.RefreshTitleBar
   Exit Function
   
   ErrorHandler:
      If Err.Number = conPropNotFoundError Then
         Set prp = dbs.CreateProperty("AppTitle", dbText, _
            "User = " & CurrentUser)
         dbs.Properties.Append prp
      Else
         MsgBox "Error: " & Err.Number & vbCrLf & Err.Description
      End If
      Resume Next
   End Function
   						

3. Type the following line in the Immediate window, and then press ENTER:

   ?ChangeTitle()
   						

   The Microsoft Access title bar change from "Microsoft Access" to "User = username."