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Missing properties in userPrincipal vb.net for user creation
I'm moving over a .vbs script to a vb.net compiled applciation. I got the following code to work ok:
And it creates the new user perfectly. However, I need to use other fields in AD that show in active directory users and computers like office. In VBSCript the field is called physicalDeliveryOfficeName but that field is not listed nor is there anything close to it. The other field I want to use is postalCode.
How can I update these fields when I create the user?
pcContext = New PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain, "mine.local", "ou=2022,dc=mine,dc=local", "administrator", "mypassword!!")
upUser = New UserPrincipal(pcContext)
upUser.SamAccountName = szSAMAcctName
upUser.GivenName = szFirst
upUser.Surname = szLast
upUser.MiddleName = szMiddle
upUser.Description = szDescription
upUser.HomeDirectory = szHomeDirectory
upUser.DisplayName = szDisplayName
upUser.EmployeeId = szID
'upUser.
upUser.Enabled = True
'upUser.postalCode = szID
upUser.Save()
And it creates the new user perfectly. However, I need to use other fields in AD that show in active directory users and computers like office. In VBSCript the field is called physicalDeliveryOfficeName
How can I update these fields when I create the user?
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I'm using .net 4.0. How do I write to those fields?
My advice is that you set a breakpoint after creating the object, and explore your fields and fieldnames through the debugger.
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Yes, C# is very similar to C++, so it is not a very big jump to go to C# instead of C++, except for all the extra functionality you get by going to C#.
I am assuming you are using .Net Framework 3.5 or newer, there you can use the ExtensionGet funktion to get any custom fields from the UserPrincipal object.
upUser.ExtensionGet("physi
upUser.ExtensionGet("posta
You might have to check for null on the returnvalue in case no attribute exist for this name.
If not, here is a link to somebody who have done something similar in .Net Framework 2.0, that might help you on the right track:
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=403284