Get the current user id

Dim yourId = EditorialLogin.GetLogin.GetContext().UserId

Get the current user short name

Dim yourname = EditorialLogin.GetLogin.GetContext().UserName

Get the current user full name

Dim yourFullName = EditorialLogin.GetLogin.GetContext().UserFullName

Get the current user e-mail

Dim yourEmail = EditorialLogin.GetLogin.GetContext().UserEMail

Get the current user lock level

Dim yourlocklevel = EditorialLogin.GetLogin.GetContext().UserLockLevel

Get other user's attributes

Dim userfullname = utilsbase.GetObjAttrValue(userid, "fullName")

Dim usereMail = utilsbase.GetObjAttrValue(userid, "eMail")

Dim userDescription As String = utilsbase.GetObjAttrValue(userid, "description")

Get user/group parameters

Dim context As LoginContext = EditorialLogin.GetLogin.GetContextObj()

Dim sFormatName As String = context.GetParam("articleFormatName") 

' returns name or Nothing - if parameter with specified name not found