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Active Directory Listing

Asked by: dtank

Hello,

I wish to list my staff list using asp.net from active directory using adsi.

i know how to query this using say asp but am finding it difficult to list by say OU or groups with contact info. Also would it be possible to edit this listing on the same script ? (with adequate security)

Would appreciate any sample code if any of you guys have done this before

This is what i would like

Name | Mobile | Telephone | OU | Email | Groups | Member Of | etc
and as much info as i can.

I would like staff like HR to input this data and use on intranet.

Meanwhile i also found that we can setup a link from MSAccess as a link table to the Address Book and then Query it using
ASP page but then this is a convoluted way i belive..


thanks in advance ...

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2004-03-09 at 17:13:55ID20913239
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by: MitzsPosted on 2004-03-10 at 03:45:58ID: 10559735

hi
First of all You will need to download ADsSecurity.dll. Just look on net and its free to download.

Once you have that file you will need following Reference in you project

Active DS Type Library
Windows Script Host Object
AdsSecurity 2.5 Type Library
 

after this just put a treeview control on your form and run the project with the following code..
this will give you all the information of schema, user etc. i dont know yet to how to get name,mobile or other infor of user or groups.



Option Explicit

Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim myADS As IADs
Dim Member As IADs
Dim DirectoryObject As IADs

On Error Resume Next

Set myADS = GetObject("ADs:")

For Each Member In myADS
    Me.TreeView1.Nodes.Add , , Member.ADsPath, Member.Name + "(" + Member.ADsPath + ")"
    Me.TreeView1.Nodes.Add Member.ADsPath, tvwChild, Member.ADsPath + ";Dummy", "Dummy Node"
Next

End Sub

Private Sub TreeView1_Expand(ByVal Node As MSComctlLib.Node)
Dim adsParent As IADsContainer
Dim adsChild As IADs

On Error GoTo Error_Handler:

'Check to see whether this node has been previously expanded...
If Node.Children = 1 Then
    'There is only one child node. Is it a dummy node?
    If Node.Child.Key = Node.Key + ";Dummy" Then
        'Yes.
        'Delete it
        Me.TreeView1.Nodes.Remove Node.Child.Key
        'Create real children...
        Set adsParent = GetObject(Node.Key)
        For Each adsChild In adsParent
            Me.TreeView1.Nodes.Add Node.Key, tvwChild, adsChild.ADsPath, adsChild.Name + " (" + adsChild.ADsPath + ")"
            Me.TreeView1.Nodes.Add adsChild.ADsPath, tvwChild, adsChild.ADsPath + ";Dummy", "Dummy Node"
        Next
    End If
End If

Error_Handler:
End Sub


hope this helps

 

by: DominicCroninPosted on 2004-03-10 at 13:21:56ID: 10565163

Mitz -  What was the point of the ADsSecurity dll?

dtank - I'm sure you can have your users change some data, depending on the settings. To bind (in other words log in) you need to use ADsOpenObject (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/adsi/adsi/adsopenobject.asp) which will allow you to give a username and password. Anything you then do using the object is constrained by that user's security settings.

I've always found it very useful to browse Active Directory using LDP. LDP is a very simple LDAP client that comes with the Windows 2000 support tools. It shows you what the various attributes are actually called, instead of the more descriptive names you see in the AD snap-ins etc.

Beyond that, I'm not really sure what you are asking. Maybe you could give a few more details?

 

by: MitzsPosted on 2004-03-12 at 07:02:33ID: 10581026

i have give the code to get all this details..

"Name | Mobile | Telephone | OU | Email | Groups | Member Of | "

i myself is learning programming for Active Directory with VB and i with the code i am expecting to do other things as well.



Mitzs

 

by: DominicCroninPosted on 2004-03-12 at 11:04:57ID: 10583430

Mits - your code doesn't use the ADsSecurity dll. Is there more code that you didn't post?

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