Thanks so much for this! We've started using Sharepoint for our intranet and I've been searching for a way to to show the users ip address on a help desk ticketing system. Now... Is there any way to grab the ip address and pass it on to a workflow email?

Thanks,

Jeff

Jeff,

1. in the HelpDesk site Create a new column (I labeled it "Captured IP"
2. For all the following use Sharpoint designer: copy the "Newform.aspx" to a new form (I used "newrequestform.aspx")
3. Remove the DataFormWebPart
4. Insert new "custom list form" (Insert>Sharepoint controls>Custom List Form).
5. find the form part bound to the "captured IP", and in the common form filed tasks change the "format as" from "List Form field" to "text box"
6. Ensure you have inserted the parameters as specified above as the next step will not work if you don't have the parameter in...
7. The line of code for that field should look something like:
<asp:TextBox runat="server" id="ff#{$Pos}" text="{@Captured_x0020_IP}" __designer:bind="{ddwrt:DataBind('i',concat('ff#',$Pos),'Text','TextChanged','ID',ddwrt:EscapeDelims(string(@ID)),'@Captured_x0020_IP')}" />
8. after the "Text" property, insert the following code: Value="{$IPADD}" (use whatever parameter name you used when you created the parameter in place of IPADD) so the code looks like: <asp:TextBox runat="server" id="ff#{$Pos}" text="{@Captured_x0020_IP}" Value="{$IPADD}" __designer:bind="{ddwrt:DataBind('i',concat('ff#',$Pos),'Text','TextChanged','ID',ddwrt:EscapeDelims(string(@ID)),'@Captured_x0020_IP')}"
9. Now that the field is there and prefilled - you can make the height and width "0" so that the users can't see or modify but the system still sees it and posts it to the new request.
10. Change the "Add new item" selection within "supporting files" (within the properties of the "Service Request" folder) to reflect your new form.
11. With the "Captured IP" a data field of your service requests, you can do a standard lookup within the workflow...

Hi there,

I really need to get user's IP address and use it in InfoPath form (for instance) but I am not pretty good with the SP designer. Would you mind to describe the upper procedure with some screen shots. I (and all SP noobs) would be very grateful. Thanks in advance!

Works Like a charm...simple and i can use this to redirect the site based on IP's.