Visual Basic® Programmer's Guide to the .NET Framework Class Library

Summary

Through a short series of simple classes, the System.DirectoryServices namespace is capable of exposing a rich set of features for programming Active Directory applications. In this chapter, we investigated the classes of the DirectoryServices namespace and learned how to:

• Bind to a directory object using the DirectoryEntry class

• Examine a directory object's ancestors and children in a directory tree by using the Parent and Children properties on a DirectoryEntry object

• View and change a directory object's attribute list by using the PropertyCollection and PropertyValueCollection classes

• Search for an object in a directory with the DirectorySearcher class

• Control the search results returned

ADSI programmers should be able to make a smooth ...