How to get user display name from its user ID.

Hi,
I have retrieved the user ID in javascript using IWDatacapture.getName();
I am unable to fetch its display name.
Can anyone please help on this.

Thanks in Advance......

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Sarang

What version of TeamSite are you using and OS?

vaibhav2288

What version of TeamSite are you using and OS?

"I am using Teamsite 6.7.2" and OS is "Windows"

Adam Stoller

Hi,
I have retrieved the user ID in javascript using IWDatacapture.getName();
I am unable to fetch its display name.
Can anyone please help on this.

Thanks in Advance......

TeamSite, to the best of my knowledge, does not store or cache user's full names - it uses OS calls to access that information and you would have to do so too.

You could probably do it with a simple callServer() script that uses Win32API::Net's UserGetInfo() method - or similar.

ISCBorisB

TeamSite, to the best of my knowledge, does not store or cache user's full names - it uses OS calls to access that information and you would have to do so too.

You could probably do it with a simple callServer() script that uses Win32API::Net's UserGetInfo() method - or similar.

Or perhaps callServer => iwuseradm display-name Domain/Uid

vaibhav2288

I have created the perl file which returns the display name of user when its user ID is passed. I have done it using command line tool.
But, how to take the return value by using IWDatacapture.callserver(),
which is returned by perl script.

ISCBorisB

I have created the perl file which returns the display name of user when its user ID is passed. I have done it using command line tool.
But, how to take the return value by using IWDatacapture.callserver(),
which is returned by perl script.

The common way to do this sort of things is to code so called FormAPI "call-back" function. Then, within your callserver Script you
generate JS code that executes callback upon rendition. Take a look at [post=165508]this post[/post] attachment sample. Search Forum, there are good
discussions of this technique.

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vaibhav2288

The common way to do this sort of things is to code so called FormAPI "call-back" function. Then, within your callserver Script you
generate JS code that executes callback upon rendition. Take a look at [post=165508]this post[/post] attachment sample. Search Forum, there are good
discussions of this technique.

Thanks for your help. I have one more question regarding the inline javascript.
Like:
<select required="t">
<inline command="Datasource:executeComponent:Userpickers"/>
</select>

Instead of this, can we call this inline function inside javascript and set values over there for dropdown box

ISCBorisB

Thanks for your help. I have one more question regarding the inline javascript.
Like:
<select required="t">
<inline command="Datasource:executeComponent:Userpickers"/>
</select>

Instead of this, can we call this inline function inside javascript and set values over there for dropdown box

Yes you can. You'd have to use another TS mechanism, a callout.

You will have to either code required callout from scratch or leverage existing Datasource and
then parse/re-format the output, whatever is easier. Take a look [thread=31669]here[/thread] for some discussion.

jbonifaci

Thanks for your help. I have one more question regarding the inline javascript.
Like:
<select required="t">
<inline command="Datasource:executeComponent:Userpickers"/>
</select>

Instead of this, can we call this inline function inside javascript and set values over there for dropdown box

I was searching for something else and came along this. I know it's old, but figured I would add additional information for future users.

There is actually FormAPI support for loading datasources dynamically into option arrays using IWDatasource and IWMap objects.

~Jeff

vaibhav2288

I was searching for something else and came along this. I know it's old, but figured I would add additional information for future users.

There is actually FormAPI support for loading datasources dynamically into option arrays using IWDatasource and IWMap objects.

~Jeff

Thanks Jeff....

jasonmcneil

If anyone is interested in a CSSDK method of retrieving the Display Name (if you're not using PERL) the CSUser interface has a getDisplayName() method which returns the User's display name.

vaibhav2288

If anyone is interested in a CSSDK method of retrieving the Display Name (if you're not using PERL) the CSUser interface has a getDisplayName() method which returns the User's display name.

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