If all you want is the username, put it in the Registry! The general
syntaxes are:
   SaveSetting appname, section, keyname, value
   GetSetting(appname, section, keyname, defaultvalue)

To store the username to the Registry:
   SaveSetting "myAppName", "Settings", "Username", Me!txtUserName

To retrieve the username from the Registry:
   Me!txtUserName = GetSetting("myAppName", "Settings", "Username", "")

Regards,
Graham R Seach
Microsoft Access MVP
Sydney, Australia