Auto populate your InfoPath form with the current user name

By peter.stilgoe









You want to a user file in your InfoPath form to auto populate with the current user who is logged on, follow these steps:

1) Create a new form by Designing a New Form Template

2)Choose blank form

3) Add a text box to the form (Field1)

4) Go to Tools | Form Options

5) Go to the Open Behavior section and click on Rules

6) Add Action to Set a Field’s Value

7) Choose the field you added above as the field to populate

8 ) For the value, click on the Fx button and choose Insert Function

9) View All in the Categories drop down

10) At the bottom you’ll see userName, pick it

11) The formula that gets dropped in is userName()

12) Preview the form, you’ll see your UserName in field1

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