DirectoryEntry Constructor (String^)

.NET Framework (current version)

Initializes a new instance of the DirectoryEntry class that binds this instance to the node in Active Directory Domain Services located at the specified path.

Namespace: System.DirectoryServices
Assembly: System.DirectoryServices (in System.DirectoryServices.dll)

Syntax

C++

public:
DirectoryEntry(
	String^ path
)

Parameters

path: Type: System::String^
The path at which to bind the DirectoryEntry(String^) to the directory. The Path property is initialized to this value.

Examples

The following example binds a DirectoryEntry object to the directory entry at the specified path, and displays the Path property of each child entry that is specified by the node's Children property.

C++

int main()
{
    String^ args[] = Environment::GetCommandLineArgs();
    DirectoryEntry^ objDE;
    String^ strPath = "LDAP://DC=onecity,DC=corp,DC=fabrikam,DC=com";
    if(args->Length>1)
    {
        strPath=args[1];
    }

    // Create a new DirectoryEntry with the given path.
    objDE = gcnew DirectoryEntry(strPath);

    System::Collections::IEnumerator^ enum0 = objDE->Children->GetEnumerator();
    while (enum0->MoveNext())
    {
        DirectoryEntry^ objChildDE = safe_cast<DirectoryEntry^>(enum0->Current);
        Console::WriteLine(objChildDE->Path);
    }
}

Security

DirectoryServicesPermission

Demand

Version Information

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1