UserGroup.GetUserCollectionFromGroup Method (Users and Groups)
UserGroup.GetUserCollectionFromGroup Method (Users and Groups)
Returns information about the collection of users in the specified group.

Web Service: Users and GroupsWeb Reference: http://<Site>/_vti_bin/usergroup.asmx
Syntax

'Usage

Dim instance As UserGroup
Dim groupName As String
Dim returnValue As XmlNode

returnValue = instance.GetUserCollectionFromGroup(groupName)

'Declaration

<SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/GetUserCollectionFromGroup", RequestNamespace:="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/", ResponseNamespace:="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/", Use:=SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle:=SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)> _
Public Function GetUserCollectionFromGroup ( _
    groupName As String _
) As XmlNode

Parameters

groupName

A string that contains the name of the cross-site group.

Return Value

An XML fragment in the following form that can be assigned to a System.Xml.XmlNode object.
<GetUserCollectionFromGroup xmlns=
   "http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/">
   <Users>
      <User ID="4" Sid="S-1-5-21-2127521184-1604012920-1887927527-
         34577" Name="User1_Display_Name" 
         LoginName="DOMAIN\User1_Alias" Email="User1_E-mail" 
         Notes="Notes" IsSiteAdmin="False" IsDomainGroup="False" />
      <User ID="5" Sid="S-1-5-21-2127521184-1604012920-1887927527-
         354403" Name="User2_Display_Name" 
         LoginName="DOMAIN\User2_Alias" Email="User2_E-mail" 
         Notes="Notes" IsSiteAdmin="False" IsDomainGroup="False" />
         .
         .
         .
   </Users>
</GetUserCollectionFromGroup>
Example

The following code example displays information about the collection of users in a group. This example requires that a using (Visual C#) or Imports (Visual Basic) directive be included for the System.Xml namespace.

Dim usrgrpService As New Web_Reference_Folder_Name.UserGroup()
usrgrpService.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials

Dim ndUsers As XmlNode = usrgrpService.GetUserCollectionFromGroup("Group_Name")

MessageBox.Show(ndUsers.OuterXml)
See Also

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