[adam_az]

Actually, you can. The environment variable is exploded when you make a file call.

Also, you can always use the Windows API to get the %username% environment variable

here's the declaration:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dllproc/base/getenvironmentvariable.asp

DWORD GetEnvironmentVariable(
LPCTSTR lpName,
LPTSTR lpBuffer,
DWORD nSize
);


Nice try, though, newbie.

[Bush2000]

Actually, you can. The environment variable is exploded when you make a file call.

Uh, no, it's not. My test app invokes a call to CreateFile() and it returns file not found -- and your assertion is inconsistent with the API docs. But what do I know -- I'm only compiling real code. You? You're just shooting off your mouth.