If you are interested in the Accountname of the current user, you can use the following :
Properties sysProps = System.getProperties(); String name = sysProps.get("user.name"); jtextfield.setText(name); Hope this helps Sybille ----- Original Message ----- From: "John A. Preston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 11:08 AM Subject: Current user > Does anybody know how I can get the current user name to use in a JTextField > > John > _______________________________________________ > Swing mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://eos.dk/mailman/listinfo/swing > _______________________________________________ Swing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://eos.dk/mailman/listinfo/swing