Intranet, retrieving client information

stickygreen1

Hello,

I am trying to retrieve some user information over an intranet using either php or javascript, or anything else anyone suggests for that matter.

I need to retrieve at least the computers name....i'll explain why.

I am building an asset management system. I want to make it so that when a user logs into the intranet it checks to see that the users computer is the same as the hardware stored in the asset database for that person. At the very least i want to check to see if the computer names (which is also the asset id) are the same, so if they are not some sort of notification via email can take place, telling the asset managing staff (can do that bit!). However, i would like to check the computer name and if different automatically update the asset info, which is basically everything u would see about your computer if you right click on my computer and go to properties.

Any suggestions are welcome, and anyone who solves this problem will be a hero.

Cheers

AstroTeg

You'd have to create an ActiveX object which means your users would have to use IE on PC. The computer name is NOT available to browsers. But with an ActiveX component, you can have that component return it to IE which can return it to you.

At my last job, my boss created an ActiveX component to fish out the logged in user name. This provided automatic authentication to the Intranet app I had. Worked pretty nicely. I don't have the code or the component itself so I'm not much help there. But that's how you'd do it.

stickygreen1

Originally posted by AstroTeg
You'd have to create an ActiveX object which means your users would have to use IE on PC. The computer name is NOT available to browsers. But with an ActiveX component, you can have that component return it to IE which can return it to you.

At my last job, my boss created an ActiveX component to fish out the logged in user name. This provided automatic authentication to the Intranet app I had. Worked pretty nicely. I don't have the code or the component itself so I'm not much help there. But that's how you'd do it.

Thanks a lot AstroLeg, a point in the right direction is what i need.

Unfortunatley i do not have any experience with ActiveX Objects, does anyone have such a component, as it would be great if i could get an example. I have experience with Java if that is of any help.

Thanks,

AstroTeg

Java won't help much in getting this project done, except maybe help you write the ActiveX component. The only other thing I could recommend is finding a book, tutorial, or see if someone has already done this.