Detect User ID at Generate-time?

Here is basically what I am trying to do:

Auto insert the following metadate into the generated templated ASP page:
Language = english,
Author = (network user id)
date modified = (todays date)

Is there a way to read the user id (via cookies) at generate-time?

I've tried several approaches and it seems that my perl code can not see any cookies on the users machine.

Anyone know where can I find the data? Or am I taking the wrong approach?

Thanks

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ISCBorisB

Here is basically what I am trying to do:

Auto insert the following metadate into the generated templated ASP page:
Language = english,
Author = (network user id)
date modified = (todays date)

Is there a way to read the user id (via cookies) at generate-time?

I've tried several approaches and it seems that my perl code can not see any cookies on the users machine.

Anyone know where can I find the data? Or am I taking the wrong approach?

Thanks

Try my $user_name = $ENV{'IWUSER'};

Note that generation process is not initiated by the GET/POST of any form, not directly anyway.
That's why within your PT you won't have any "Client Side" CGI Data, Cookies and the like

RichDiaz

Thanks for the reply. I added the following to my template file and nothing renders for the $user_name variable:

my $user_name = $ENV{'IWUSER'};

iwpt_output("user_name $user_name");

Any other ideas?

Thanks!

nipper

Try showing all env variables.

ISCBorisB

Thanks for the reply. I added the following to my template file and nothing renders for the $user_name variable:

my $user_name = $ENV{'IWUSER'};

iwpt_output("user_name $user_name");

Any other ideas?

Thanks!

Try
foreach my $k (keys %ENV) {
iwpt_output(qq($k = $ENV{$k}\n<br/>));
}

Have you got anything at all?

RichDiaz

Cool it worked.

There was a typo in this: my $user_name = $ENV{'IWUSER'}; Smiley Wink