JavaScript for Windows 8 Apps: How to Access the User’s Display Name
Need to know the display name of the user currently logged in to Windows 8? The task is easy!
To demonstrate, I created a new “Blank App” JavaScript project in Visual Studio 2012. In the default.html file, I replaced the contents of the <body> tag with the following:
<body>
<h1 id="displayName">(to be replaced by user's display name)</h1>
<script>
Windows.System.UserProfile.UserInformation.getDisplayNameAsync().then(
function (name) {
document.querySelector("#displayName").textContent = name;
}
);
</script>
</body>
When I run the application, my <h1> contents contain my display name.
Of course the JavaScript code above could be used in an external .js file as well.
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