VBA Get Username on OSX (or Mac alternative to Environ(“username”))

Question

My task has been to create a secure (Windows version) Excel workbook that uses macros to validate whether a user has permission to view the contents. In Excel 2010 for Windo

Answer 1

You can use AppleScript to return the Username and run that from VBA.

The following function should do the trick.

Function GetUserNameMac() As String
    Dim sMyScript As String

    sMyScript = "set userName to short user name of (system info)" & vbNewLine & "return userName"

    GetUserNameMac = MacScript(sMyScript)
End Function

Answer 2

Environ("USER") and Environ("LOGNAME") return the same thing on the Mac as the MacScript answer.