First Initial Last Name 1

[Webflex]

Hi

I currently use the code below (very helpfully supplied through this forum) to populate a users full name into a form field, I now want to take the first initial and surname to make part of an e-mail address (which will work in a large percentage of cases). How can I truncate strNTUserFullName into the shorter version?

<% 'Vars 
dim strNTUser
dim strNTUserInfo
dim strNTUserFullName

	' COMPILE FULL USER NAME

	strNTUser = Request.ServerVariables(&quot;AUTH_USER&quot;)
	strNTUser = replace(strNTUser, &quot;\&quot;, &quot;/&quot;) 
	strNTUserFullName = Session(&quot;strNTUserFullName&quot;) 
	if Session(&quot;strNTUserFullName&quot;) = &quot;&quot; then 
		Set strNTUserInfo = GetObject(&quot;WinNT://&quot;+strNTUser) 
		strNTUserFullName=strNTUserInfo.FullName
	end if 

' SET FULL USER NAME SESSION
Session(&quot;GENUID&quot;) = strNTUserFullName %>

TIA
Webflex

 

[onpnt]

one thing
which will work in a large percentage of cases

from a analytical stand point that would not be exceptable, but if that is a % you and your company can live with then..

to get the first initial you would use a combination (if the first and last name are combined) of the Mid() function to grab the space in the name and the the left() function to get the first character of the value.

if the last name is segragated from the first then a simple Left(string,1)

you can find plenty of how to's on these string manipulative functions at

http://www.devguru.com

under the vbscript section

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[Webflex]

Thnks, unfortunately a bad choice of mail naming convention means the address is not entirely predictable, in about 95% of cases it is.