DirectoryEntry::Guid Property

.NET Framework (current version)

Gets the GUID of the DirectoryEntry.

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

Syntax

public:
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
[DSDescriptionAttribute("DSGuid")]
property Guid Guid {
	Guid get();
}

Property Value

Type: System::Guid

A Guid structure that represents the GUID of the DirectoryEntry.

Remarks

When binding to an object in Active Directory Domain Services, use the NativeGuid property.

Examples

The following example demonstrates the Guid and NativeGuid properties of the DirectoryEntry class. This example gets the user-specified DirectoryEntry and displays its Guid and NativeGuid properties.

C++

String^ myADSPath = "LDAP://onecity/CN=Users,DC=onecity,DC=corp,DC=fabrikam,DC=com";
DirectoryEntry^ myDirectoryEntry = gcnew DirectoryEntry(myADSPath);

// Display the Guid and NativeGuid.
Console::WriteLine("The GUID of the ADS object: {0}", myDirectoryEntry->Guid);
Console::WriteLine("The Native GUID of the ADS object: {0}",
                   myDirectoryEntry->NativeGuid);

Version Information

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1