Does anyone know how to get groups from AD available to my Access 2007 App? I have seen a few bits of code but can't get anything to work. I think it is to do with VBA references also. It could also be that while I have some of the code I don't know how to call the code. An example of code can be found here but how do I get it to run?
http://www.microsoft.com/t
or http://www.adminscriptedit
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Thanks for that but I get a runtime error. I have added the MS Scripting Runtime library. Screen shot attached. I'm calling the function from the imediate window. This would work for me if I could feed it the username and group. I am right is saying I could change the function to accept ther two variables?
Thanks
You need a reference to the ADO library - in my Access 2003 setup it's
Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.1 Library
To pass the variables to the function do this - I am assuming you want to pass the domain name and the group
Public Function TestADGroups(strDomain As String, strGroup As String)
On Error GoTo Err_TestADGroups
Dim objGroup As Object, objUser As Object, objFSO As Object
Dim objFile As Object, RootDSE As Object, objConnection As Object
Dim objCommand As Object
Dim objRecordset As ADODB.Recordset
'Dim strDomain As String, strGroup As String
Dim strUserName As String, strSearchRoot As String
Dim strQueryText As String, strFName As String, strLName As String
If you want to pass the username and retrun all group memberships for that user, like in one of the links you provided, you'll need to make minor modification to the code.
OM Gang
In the VB editor, click the View menu and then Toolbars. Click to show the debug toolbar. On this toolbar you have some buttons for stepping through the code.
Launch your function. When the code breaks at the break-point you have inserted, click the 'Step Into' toolbar button to step through the code line-by-line. Move your mouse pointer over the toolbar buttons to see which one is 'Step Into'
OM Gang
you need what's called the DN, or distinguished name, of the AD object you want to bind to
Set objUser = GetObject("LDAP://CN=OM Gang,OU=Users,OU=Puter Fixers,DC=SillyDomain,DC=c
This refers to the user object OM Gang
in the container (organizational unit) Users
in the container (organizational unit) Puter Fixers
in the domain SillyDomain.com
OM Gang
Is joebyrne the actual CN of your AD user object? We don't want the login acct name; we're looking for the CN which is probably the same as your display name. Look in AD at the object properties, 'Object' tab, you need to use whatever the actual CN is
In my environment, my login acct is omgang but my CN is Gang, OM (which, incidentally has to be treated special because of the comma
Set objUser = GetObject("LDAP://CN=Gang\
You can try this to confirm that strSearchRoot is returning what you expect (should be DC=jbit, DC=local)
Set RootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE"
strSearchRoot = RootDSE.Get("defaultNaming
Debug.Print strSearchRoot <----add
GoTo Exit_TestADGroups2 <----add
You can also comment the Set objUser line and replace with
Set objUser = GetObject("LDAP://CN=joeby
But remember, if joebyrne is your login username you can't use that (you will receive the exact error message you describe). Perhaps you CN is Joe Byrne or Byrne, Joe (in which case you'll have to pass it as "Byrne\, Joe"
OM Gang
Here is the solution i used - a class module passed on by a friend and a couple of functions
as you can see it fetches much more than just the user or groups - a lot of which i will find useful as the application develops... :)
Hopefully someone else will find this useful too...
Thanks OM Gang for your solution - though i've no idea if it worked having used this one...
What do i do now Mod? accept my own solution?
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by: omgangPosted on 2008-01-31 at 11:31:11ID: 20790103
Not sure exactly what you are looking for but here's a sample function that returns all users from an AD group. I use it in vbs to output a list of users to a text file so you'll see some commented code to that effect. I modified it into VBA - you'll see a note to add the MS Scripting Runtime library.
OM Gang
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