Extract OS Username

[DykstrL]

I need an applescript to extract the user name from the OSX and place it in a field in a FM file. I think it's the short name that I need. I don't know if there's an equivalent for OS9, but if so, to extract that also would be cool.

...any takers?

[h2o.be]

Mac OS 10

tell application "System Events"

set theuser to full name of current user

end tell

-- tell application "FileMaker Pro"

set cell "name" of current record of layout "layout" to theuser

-- end tell

[DykstrL]

Thanx a heap!

I assume that to get the short name is to substitute 'full name' with 'short name'?

[h2o.be]

Juste "name"

set theuser to name of current user

[DykstrL]

Thanx a bunch!!